Now Stream This: 'The Guest', 'The Death Of Stalin', 'Don't Look Now', 'Blade', 'Scare Me', And More
These are the best movies streaming right now, including The Guest, The Death of Stalin, Don't Look Now, and more.
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Watch A Video Dedicated To Those Who Didn't Get Academy Award Nominations: 'Snubbed 2012: An Oscar Tribute'
Oscar season is over, and so we're at the point where everyone can spend a day or two talking about the actual winners before moving on to enjoying the great bounty of films that 2012 has to offer. But before we move on, take one last moment to enjoy a fake Oscar tribute reel. This…
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The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Shame (GUEST: Stephen Tobolowsky)
In this episode, Dave chats with Stephen Tobolowsky about Steve McQueen's controversial new film, Shame. Is the Michael Fassbender nudity worth the price of admission? The answer may surprise you. Come see Stephen and David LIVE at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle on January 7th, 2012! You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and…
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Roger Ebert's Top 20 Movies Of 2011
With just days to go until the end of 2011 (Where did the year go???), legendary film critic Roger Ebert has announced his top 20 movies of the year. Just as you'd expect from Ebert, his list runs the gamut from mainstream blockbusters to more obscure foreign or arthouse projects -- with enough in the…
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Watch THR's Hour-Long Interview With 2011's Award-Worthy Actresses
Every year during awards season, The Hollywood Reporter somehow organizes the schedules of basically every single actor, actress, writer and director of the year's best films to sit down and discuss them. This, in itself, is pretty spectacular. What's even better is they release the videos of the full conversations so we can watch. For…
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Watch An Hour-Long Roundtable Interview With 2011's Award-Worthy Directors
Every year at award season, The Hollywood Reporter somehow organizes the schedules of basically every single actor, actress and director of the year's best films to sit down and discuss them. This, in itself, is pretty spectacular. What's even better is they release the videos of the full conversations so we can watch. For the…
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'Shame' Red-Band Trailer: Sex And The Subway
Shame, the new collaboration between Hunger director Steve McQueen and star Michael Fassbender, is about to open in limited release this weekend after months of built-up interest following the film's festival debut. The picture quickly earned a certain notoriety for explicit sexual content, with an NC-17 rating handed down from the MPAA.But Fox Searchlight didn't…
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/Filmcast Ep. 167 - Martha Marcy May Marlene (GUEST: Keith Phipps From AV Club)
This week, David, Devindra, and Adam discuss the sad business of Brett Ratner's Oscar-hosting gig, unabashedly praise Alexander Payne's The Descendants, ponder the bizarre world of Cars, and get excited for new episodes of Arrested Development. Special guest Keith Phipps joins us from AV Club. To read more about the twisted world of Cars check…
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'Shame' US Trailer #2 - Carey Mulligan Does "New York, New York"
Steve McQueen's sex addiction drama Shame may be getting tons of attention for its too-hot-for-the-MPAA explicitness, but having just seen the film I can attest that in truth, it's less sexy than it is emotionally devastating. And it's that pain that comes across most in this brand-new U.S. trailer for the film, which sees Carey…
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[25 Minimum] Dating Profile Quotes That Will Make You Stand Out & Get More Matches
Whether you're looking for long-term love or a no-strings-attached fling, using one of these lines on your profile is guaranteed to start a converstion.
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'Shame' Officially Gets NC-17 Rating
We knew this was likely to happen, and now the MPAA has spoken: Steve McQueen's Shame, starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, has earned the film industry's most dubious badge of honor, the NC-17. The rating was delivered for “some explicit sexual content," designating that no one under 17 is to be admitted under any…
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Fox Searchlight Is Embracing NC-17 With 'Shame'
When a film gets branded with an NC-17 rating, most studios do one of four things. They re-cut it hoping to get an R-rating, release it unrated, doom it direct-to-DVD or suck it up and go for it. That last option is a rarity because embracing the NC-17 rating means fighting an unfair, almost pornographic,…
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'Shame' Trailer - Will McQueen And Fassbender's Second Collaboration Live Up To The Hype?
We've been hearing so much about Steve McQueen's Shame over the past year -- we've seen clips, posters, and stills; we've heard all about the film's very graphic nature and the searing performances by leads Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan -- that I almost forgot we had yet to see an actual trailer. The first…
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New Posters: 'J. Edgar' And 'Shame'
As with every fall, with cooler weather comes more serious films. Two potentially award-worthy projects we've been waiting all year to see are Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the first director of the FBI, and Steve McQueen's Shame, a sex addict drama that reunites the director with his Hunger star Michael Fassbender.…
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Steve McQueen's 'Shame' Gets U.S. Release Date Of December 2, 2011
Briefly: If you've been dying to see some full-frontal Fassbender, mark your calendar. Fox Searchlight has just tweeted a U.S. release date of December 2, 2011 for Steve McQueen's NC-17 drama Shame, which stars Michael Fassbender as a sex addict who finds his orderly life disrupted by the arrival of his troubled sister (Carey Mulligan,…
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/Filmcast Ep. 162 - Moneyball (GUEST: Laremy Legel From Film.com)
This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam run down some fall TV show premieres, praise the low-budget Trollhunter, try to make sense of Netflix's recent moves, and hear about some of the best films at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Special guest Laremy Legel joins us from Film.com. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com,…
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Fox Searchlight Buying 'Shame,' With Michael Fassbender; See A Clip Now
One of the biggest critical hits at the Venice Film Festival was Shame, in which Hunger director Steve McQueen once again works with actor Michael Fassbender to tell a story of a man who doesn't quite have control over his sexual urges. I've edged away from full reviews, but reports peg it as both gruesome…
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Telluride Festival Primary Lineup Announced: New Cronenberg, Payne, Herzog Films Playing
The Telluride Film Festival, a presentation of the National Film Preserve which takes place beginning tomorrow, Friday Sept 2 and runs through Monday Sept 5, is an unusual beast as far as film festivals go. The core film lineup is not announced until the day before the festival begins, so attendees have to commit to…
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2011 Venice Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Carnage,' 'A Dangerous Method,' And 'Dogtooth' Director's Latest
Hot on the heels of the release of a massive batch of films that will appear in the Toronto Film Festival, we've got the main lineup for the 68th Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 31 to September 10. We knew that George Clooney's The Ides of March would open the fest (the trailer…
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First Toronto Festival Announcements Include New Work From George Clooney, David Cronenberg And Francis Ford Coppola
If you're more interested in the typical fall slate of festival entrees than summer's glut of tentpole action fare, this is a great week. The Toronto International Film Festival announced the first wave of films that will play the fest in September. This is a batch of about 50 titles, which makes up only a…
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First Look: Michael Fassbender And Carey Mulligan In 'Shame'
Be prepared for a whole bunch of posts today featuring images from the impressive 2011 fall festival slate, as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced a big portion of the fest's September lineup. Along with that announcement comes a batch of images to go with many of the films. We'll have a complete…
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Casting Bits: Carey Mulligan In 'Shame,' Bryan Callen In 'The Hangover Part II,' Lily Collins In 'The Mortal Instruments' And Miles Elliot In 'Spider-Man'
Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender, who teamed once already for the excellent film Hunger, are gearing up to make Shame, about a man unable to manage his sex life. Now Carey Mulligan has joined the cast as the sister of Mr. Fassbender's character. That's all we've got right now, but the basic talent line-up and…
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Poster And Synopsis For Steve McQueen And Michael Fassbender Reunion 'Shame'
The only possible downside to the fact that Hunger director and star Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender have reunited for Shame is that Mr. McQueen's planned biopic of Fela Kuti has been pushed back. (Hopefully not abandoned.) Otherwise the collaboration between those two on a film about a guy unable to control his sex life…
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'Hunger's Steve McQueen And Michael Fassbender Reuniting For 'Shame'
Hopefully you've managed to see Hunger, the quite excellent film about IRA prisoner Bobby Sands and the hunger strike he mounted against his jailers. Hunger was directed by Steve McQueen and was the film that really made a broad audience acknowledge the capabilities of actor Michael Fassbender. And now the two are reuniting for Shame,…
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