Shame

Review: Shame

Posted 15 years ago

PLOT: Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a deeply troubled New Yorker, in the throws of an out-of-control sex addiction. While at work, he spends his days watching internet porn, and sneaking off to the washroom to masturbate. At home, he feeds...

A new trailer for the NC-17 Michael Fassbender film Shame

Posted 15 years ago

Here comes SHAME. Today sees the release of a pretty intriguing trailer for the film (embedded below), which stars Michael Fassbender as “Brandon, a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to...

Watch the powerful first trailer for the NC-17 Shame

Posted 15 years ago

Normally up above I’d post a screenshot of the film or the title credits, but I figured I’d capture this moment, as it’s not one you’ll see very often. Shame is the first mainstream film in a long while to...

Fox Searchlight wearing Shame’s NC-17 like a badge of honor

Posted 15 years ago

Usually when a film gets rated NC-17 in Hollywood, it’s a disaster. Directors and editors scramble to cut it down to an R without sacrificing artistic integrity, and it’s something particular people in the industry (Kevin Smith and the Weinsteins...

Michael Fassbender teams with Chiwetel Ejiofor for Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years a Slave

Posted 15 years ago

One of my favorite topics to discuss is Michael Fassbender. Not only do I love him as an actor but he’s also not so bad to look at. I know, you guys aren’t interested in his dashing good looks, although...