By Rex Reed 11/30/11 11:07am

movies

Mr. Fassbender.

Michael Fassbender and His Big Swinging Flick Know No Boundaries in Shame

Too much sex is bad for you. That’s the only message discernible to the naked eye in an interesting but hollow film about sex addiction called Shame, and believe me when I tell you the eye is not the only thing in it that is naked. The star is Michael Fassbender, the versatile and fearless actor of Irish-German descent who skyrocketed to attention as the imprisoned IRA hunger-strike martyr Bobby Seale in Hunger. He can also currently be seen, in and out of his underwear, as psychiatrist Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method. Mr. Fassbender is excellent and intense, but he hasn’t much use for clothes. Casting him in anything saves money on the wardrobe budget. Read More

By Andrew Sarris 3/17/09 7:15pm

Last Meal

Hunger
Running time 96 minutes
Written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen
Directed by Steve McQueen
Starring Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham

Steve McQueen’s Hunger, from a screenplay by Enda Walsh and Mr. McQueen, provides a harrowing yet lyrical account of the fatal hunger strike of Irish Republican Army prisoner Bobby Read More

By Rex Reed 3/10/09 5:07pm

Live Flesh

Hunger
Running time 96 minutes
Written by Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh
Directed by Steve McQueen
Starring Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham

Take an anti-nausea pill and put Hunger on your must-see list. After testing the waters on last year’s arty film festival circuit to see if audiences were Read More

By Simon Doonan 12:00am

Fashion Week Freaks! Here Is Handy Primer

We’re getting fatter and fatter, or so the endless flow of statistical surveys would have us believe. But is this the whole picture? I think not. Based on my observations at last week’s New York Fashion Week frenzy, I am forced to the conclusion that there’s a hell of a lot more going on. The Read More

By Simon Doonan 12:00am

Fashion Week Freaks! Here Is Handy Primer

We’re getting fatter and fatter, or so the endless flow of statistical surveys would have us believe. But is this the whole picture? I think not. Based on my observations at last week’s New York Fashion Week frenzy, I am forced to the conclusion that there’s a hell of a lot more going on. The Read More

By Jake Brooks 3/07/05 12:00am

Incredible DVD’s-Tributes, Vintage TV

The number of DVD releases can be dizzying, but here’s a useful paradigm when navigating this spring’s releases: stick to Oscar nominees when renting (they’ll all be out this spring), go for the collections and collector’s editions when buying. The latter is much more exciting.

The biggest DVD this March-let’s just get it out of Read More

By Moira Hodgson 11/13/00 12:00am

Escape Pretension Island at Pomp-Free Papillon

Papillon is named after the Steve McQueen movie about a prisoner desperate to escape from Devil’s Island. The owners, four Irishmen, hit upon it one night while tossing around ideas at the White Horse Tavern next door. But its name no more describes this small, polished restaurant on Hudson Street in the West Village than, Read More

By Molly Haskell 11/15/99 12:00am

Girls Losing Their Virtue At Fight Club

J.B.’s 12-year-old daughter wants to go to Fight Club . So does Carrie, the 14-year-old daughter of another friend. Both mothers ignored the request, hoping the film would go away … which it shows every sign of doing. Meanwhile, a number of late-teen and 20-something women report seeing and loving this saga of male bonding Read More

By Rex Reed 8/09/99 12:00am

Sleeping With the Enemy … Not Safe to Go to the Theater

Sleeping With the Enemy

The Thomas Crown Affair is a cool, slick, sexy and highly enjoyable caper movie that takes your mind off the heat while providing some pretty torrid temperatures of its own. Remakes are always a bad idea, but have you seen the dated 1968 original, directed by Norman Jewison, with Steve McQueen Read More