The New York of Steve McQueen’s “Shame” is not the awe-inspiring world of skyscrapers, neon lights and teeming humanity so often romanticized on the screen. It’s a city that never sleeps, no doubt, but its insomnia is more a curse than a blessing, leaving its dazed inhabitants sunk in depths of depravity.
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Most movies are pitched for a childish mentality — chatty, with quick shots and lacking material that doesn’t move the plot forward. Most movies also ignore human sexuality.“Shame,” an extraordinary new film directed by Steve McQueen starring Michael Fassbender, is the opposite.
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Ah, to be young and a mutant. To be able to read minds, to soar high above the clouds, even to shape-shift into a supermodel one lonely night at the bar. Sounds like a blast? Think again.The genetic anomalies of “X-Men: First Class” are a conflicted bunch, initially baffled by their superhuman gifts and, ultimately, persecuted because of them.
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