Year first released: 2001
Director: Jean Pierre Jeunet
Why we'd consider: There are few contemporary live action directors who use perspective and dimension as creatively as Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Arguably, any of his ...
With Selena Gomez about to move past her good girl image in the upcoming "Spring Breakers," we thought it was a perfect time to uncover the not-so-secret dark cinematic pasts some of Hollywood's most wh...
It may be Cannes that generates all the media-friendly controversy, but as it turns out, it was the Venice Film Festival that was quietly hatching the eventual NC-17 films. First came "Shame," which received...
Poor punnery aside, some may say that this weekend’s box office returns indicate that “Shame” has overcome the stigma of its NC-17 rating, but it feels far more likely that Fox Searchlight made the r...
No surprise here: "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I" had no problem taking the No. 1 spot at the box office on Friday, kicking off the traditionally slow weekend after Thanksgiving.
With no ...
If the best supporting actor race is wide open, the best supporting actress race is a case study of populist favorites vs. critics favorites. On the one hand, you have performances by Octavia Spencer, Jessica Ch...
This year’s dark horse Oscar contender “Shame” has caused some people to question the purpose and validity of the NC-17 rating. It was no surprise when the MPAA slapped the film with the potentially ...
During my vacation, I was poking around Twitter late one night and talking to Sasha Stone, owner and operator of Awards Daily. We were talking about Fox Searchlight's upcoming release of "Shame" and th...
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So. We all knew this was coming, right? "Shame," Steve McQueen's raunchy, penetrative (no pun intended), sexually charged, psychologically intense character study staring Michael Fassbend...
