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Because so few movies receive an NC-17 rating, whenever one does it immediately gets waylaid with media attention and a certain amount of leering curiosity about why, exactly, it got such a restrictive rating. A few years ago, the sharply observed romantic drama “Blue Valentine,” starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as an unraveling married…
“The Adventures of Tintin,” “Drive” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ all were surprisingly snubbed.
It is impossible to argue against the fact that 2011, though not terribly good for Hollywood, was a particularly smashing year for smaller, specialty films. “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” “Midnight in Paris” – Woody’s biggest hit to date — “Tree of Life,” “Shame,” “Melancholia,” “The Artist” and “We Need to Talk About Kevin” are just…
With a stunning, uncompromised performance from Michael Fassbender, “Shame” is easily one of the most powerful films of the year. Fassbender plays a deeply conflicted sex addict hopelessly seeking anything to fill his needs. The endlessly talented Carey Mulligan plays his quirky and also troubled sister, and their broken relationship is an acute link throughout…
Michael Fassbender has become something of a sex symbol this year. I’ve personally witnessed more than a few ladies (and at least a couple guys) swoon over his rugged good looks and smoldering eyes in movies like “Jane Eyre,” “X-Men: First Class” and “A Dangerous Method,” and for those folks, “Shame” must sound like a…
The NC-17 was designed to promote adult filmmaking; adult themes, adult ideas, considered by and intended for adults. But of course all it means to the general public is porn, and at this point it’s nearly as tainted as the X rating it replaced. Most films that would get an NC-17 these days go out…
It’s a slow news day here in the States, but across the pond in Italy it’s the end of a big weekend at the Venice Film Festival. And perhaps the, erm, biggest story we’ve been following is the reaction Michael Fassbender‘s new movie “Shame.” Directed by Steve McQueen, who also made Fassbender’s breakthrough movie “Hunger,”…
