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Win Limited Edition Artwork Print and Shame on Blu-ray

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To mark the release of Shame on Blu-ray (available now!), we’ve been given a rather fantastic prize for our readers in the form of a limited edition artwork print of Michael Fassbender as well as a copy of the movie on Blu-ray for two runners up (the main winner will also get the movie on [...]




The HeyUGuys UK DVD/Blu-Ray Release Round-Up – 14th May

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Continuing on from the start of our new weekly feature last week, rounding up the new releases coming to DVD and Blu-ray each Monday, we have a brilliant line-up of films making their way to the shelves of your local stores today, and of course the virtual shelves online. We’re treated to a fantastic set [...]




Is Imagination in Film fading due to New Technologies and a Culture of Remakes?

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A survey was conducted recently by Bombay Sapphire with the aim of adding to the ongoing debate of originality and imagination in cinema and the results, though not surprising, appeared to point to a contradiction in how those terms can be applied in getting quality films out to their audience. The results from the research [...]




Win an Exclusive Shame Poster signed by Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen

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Fancy getting your hands on an exclusive Shame quad poster signed by star Michael Fassbender and director Steve McQueen? We have one to give away so read on to find out how to enter. Brandon (Fassbender) is a 30-something man living comfortably in New York balancing a busy job and active social life. When his [...]




Watch Carey Mulligan Singing New York, New York in Shame

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This is a lovely scene from Shame which comes from the dudes at Digital Spy and shows Carey Mulligan singing a slowed down version of New York, New York while Michael Fassbender looks on. It’s a beautiful scene which sets the mood beautifully for this fabulous film. If you missed our review, you can see [...]




Shame Q&A with Steve McQueen and Abi Morgan

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Last night I went to a preview screening of Shame that was followed by a live Q&A session with director Steve McQueen and writer Abi Morgan, streamed straight from the Curzon Mayfair. With Michael Fassbender a shoo-in for a Best Actor nomination at the upcoming Oscars and Mulligan giving her best performance to date, Shame [...]




Michael Fassbender Disregards The Institution Of Marriage In Great New Clip From Shame

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Writer-director Steve McQueen has seen his second film, Shame, quickly become one of the most talked-about films of the year, and in case you’re yet to see any of our coverage of the film so far, you can catch up on it all right here. Co-written by McQueen and Abi Morgan (Brick Lane, TV’s The [...]




Let Carey Mulligan Serenade and Seduce you in this new trailer for Shame

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One of our highlights of the recent London Film Festival was Steve’s McQueen’s Shame and there’s a new trailer out in the wild today and it’s a beauty. I loved the film when I saw it last month and the MPAA’s NC-17 rating isn’t surprsing but it is a damn shame as it is the [...]




Shame UK Poster

Shame UK Poster

Momentum Pictures have unveiled the first official UK poster for erotic drama Shame. If you missed it, you can read our review here. Directed by Steve McQueen (Hunger), Shame stars Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank), Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go), Hannah Ware (Cop Out), James Badge Dale (The Departed) and Nicole Beharie (American Violet). Brandon [...]




Steve McQueen’s “Shame” Earns US NC-17 Rating

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Starring the now ubiquitous Michael Fassbender, Steve McQueen’s Shame is generating a lot of buzz and comment over its depiction of a man hopelessly lost in sexual addiction and compulsion. Although it looks like being far from an easy watch (Jon’s review describes it as difficult, mesmerizing and intelligent), many of the very best films [...]




LFF 2011: Shame Review

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Steve McQueen’s second film reunites the director with the man who gave his 2008 debut Hunger its visceral power and with Shame Michael Fassbender gives a career best performance as a man struggling with sex addiction and the sudden arrival of his sister into his carefully constructed world. It is a powerful and provocative film, [...]




Video: LFF 2011 – Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender at Shame Press Conference

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I saw Shame this morning at the London Film Festival and it hasn’t left my mind for a moment since. It is powerful filmmaking from a director whose deft touch and innate intelligence and understanding of how to render emotional states on screen makes this a worthy follow up to his debut film, Hunger, which [...]




First Trailer Released for Shame Starring Michael Fassbender & Carey Mulligan

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Jon is literally watching Shame as I type this post up and now I’m pleased to announce we have the first trailer for the anticipated film. Momentum Pictures bring us the movie which is directed by Steve McQueen and stars Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan and James Badge Dale. McQueen and Fassbender worked together previously on [...]




London Film Festival Preview: Eleven Films to See

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In a few short weeks London’s cinemaland cloaks itself in the finest festival garb as the 55th BFI London Film Festival comes to the capital. Tickets go on sale today so click here to uncover the treasures on offer and then click here to buy all the tickets you can. I’ve picked out a few [...]




Fox Searchlight Acquires Shame for US Distribution

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Fox Searchlight has nabbed the US distribution rights to See Saw Films’ Shame. Directed by Steve McQueen (Hunger), Shame stars Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank), Carey Mulligan (An Education), James Badge Dale (The Departed), Hannah Ware (Cop Out) and Nicole Beharie (American Violet). Brandon (Fassbender) is a 30-something man living in New York who is unable to manage [...]




Steve McQueen’s Shame Gets U.K. Release Date

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Momentum Pictures have announced that Shame will be released in the U.K. on January 13, 2012. Directed by Steve McQueen (Hunger), Shame stars Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank), Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go), James Badge Dale (The Departed), Nicole Beharie (The Express) and Hannah Ware (Cop Out). Written by acclaimed screenwriter Abi Morgan (Brick Lane), the film [...]




First Look Images: Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in Shame

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Here’s the very first look at the new Steve McQueen directed movie called Shame. The film has just been announced to be playing at the Toronto Film Festival later in the year and now courtesy of our friends at The Playlist, we have our first look images. These images show two of the main cast, [...]




Film4 and Focus Features Reteam With BAFTA Award-Winning Writer Abi Morgan for Suffragettes

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Film4 and Focus Features are set to reteam with BAFTA award-winning writer Abi Morgan (Brick Lane) on ensemble drama Suffragettes. Suffragettes will center on a group of militant British women who fight for the right to vote, and be in the vein of Nigel Cole’s comedy-drama Made in Dagenham. Sarah Gavron is attached to direct, [...]




Carey Mulligan to Join Michael Fassbender in Steve McQueen’s Shame

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The news that Michael Fassbender was to be reunited with his director on the 2008 film Hunger instantly gave Steve McQueen’s next film a great deal of momentum and expectation, and now as shooting for the film, entitled Shame, draws ever closer we’re learning a little more about the supporting cast. IFTN have a report [...]




New Film has Michael Fassbender Reteaming with his Hunger Director

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Another new film to emerge from the American Film Market (AFM) is Shame, the second feature from UK artist turned filmmaker Steve McQueen. A follow-up to the director’s BAFTA-nominated Hunger, he’s reunited here with that film’s lead Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds, Fish Tank). Here’s the synopsis: Brandon (Michael Fassbender, Inglourious Basterds, Hunger, A Dangerous Method) [...]