In “Shame,” Michael Fassbender powerfully depicts the soulless misery of a driven existence. The other day, I saw a man[…]
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Finishing "Shame"
I wrote about the encounter between Brandon and the young woman played so powerfully by Lucy Walters that opens “Shame.”[…]
Read moreWatching “Shame” again – pleasure and joy
When it came out, I saw “Shame” in the theater. I wrote about it, somewhat incoherently (in retrospect). I’m watching[…]
Read moreShame, or, Sonnet 129
A.O. Scott’s review of “Shame” in The New York Times alludes to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129: The expense of spirit in[…]
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