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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Sex in Movies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/sex/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:34:09 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Zalman King: Sex Thrillers TWO MOON JUNCTION, WILD ORCHID</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/zalman-king-sex-thrillers-two-moon-junction-wild-orchid/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/zalman-king-sex-thrillers-two-moon-junction-wild-orchid/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:09:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37065</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Two Moon Junction Zalman King Dies Pt.1: Mickey Rourke-Kim Basinger Sex Drama NINE 1/2 WEEKS Though much of the media coverage on the film focused on the Sherilyn Fenn-Richard Tyson sex scenes and a full-frontal nude shot of Fenn, the most interesting aspect of Two Moon Junction was its highly eclectic cast, which included Oscar winners Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/zalman-king-sex-thrillers-two-moon-junction-wild-orchid/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Zalman King Dies: Mickey Rourke-Kim Basinger Sex Drama NINE 1/2 WEEKS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/zalman-king-nine-1-2-weeks-mickey-rourke-sex-drama/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/zalman-king-nine-1-2-weeks-mickey-rourke-sex-drama/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:07:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37063</guid> <description><![CDATA[Actor-director-producer-screenwriter Zalman King, among whose credits are &#34;scandalous&#34; sex dramas such as Nine 1/2 Weeks, Two Moon Junction, and Wild Orchid, died of cancer earlier today. King reportedly was 69 years old. Born Zalman Lefkovitz in Trenton, New Jersey, King began his show business career as an actor, appearing in small roles and bit parts in about 20 television shows during the 1960s, including Gunsmoke, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/zalman-king-nine-1-2-weeks-mickey-rourke-sex-drama/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Demián Bichir</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-predictions-2012-oscar-michael-fassbender-demian-bichir/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-predictions-2012-oscar-michael-fassbender-demian-bichir/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:44:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36884</guid> <description><![CDATA[Demián Bichir, A Better Life 2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actor: George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Brad Pitt The fourth Best Actor slot should go to Michael Fassbender, who is a strong possibility for Steve McQueen's Shame. Having said that, we should add that Fassbender, though a BAFTA nominee, was bypassed by SAG voters, and rumor has it that numerous Academy members hated Shame. Yet, all Fassbender [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-predictions-2012-oscar-michael-fassbender-demian-bichir/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer Shirtless Strippers: MAGIC MIKE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/channing-tatum-alex-pettyfer-shirtless-strippers-magic-mike/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/channing-tatum-alex-pettyfer-shirtless-strippers-magic-mike/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:35:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36596</guid> <description><![CDATA[Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Magic Mike Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer play strippers in Steven Soderbergh's next, a comedy entitled Magic Mike. Back in 1983, The Blue Lagoon's Christopher Atkins played a &#34;sexy&#34; dancer in John G. Avildsen's drama A Night in Heaven; it flopped. Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls (1995) was such a critical and box-office disaster that it all but ruined the director's Hollywood career. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/channing-tatum-alex-pettyfer-shirtless-strippers-magic-mike/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lindsay Lohan Nude PLAYBOY Pics Leaked Online</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lindsay-lohan-naked-playboy-photos-leaked/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lindsay-lohan-naked-playboy-photos-leaked/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:31:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36134</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lindsay Lohan has been enmeshed in controversy for as long as I can remember. Her Playboy spread is no different: the photos showing a naked Lindsay Lohan, 25, posing à la Marilyn Monroe have been leaked online, much to the official consternation of the Playboy top brass. &#34;Because of the interest &#38; the Internet leak,&#34; Hugh Hefner tweeted, &#34;we're releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early.&#34; Hefner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lindsay-lohan-naked-playboy-photos-leaked/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Michael Fassbender/SHAME Trailer (Red Band): Sex Is in the Mind of the Beholder</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michael-fassbender-shame-trailer-sex-fantasies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michael-fassbender-shame-trailer-sex-fantasies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:41:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36049</guid> <description><![CDATA[Steve McQueen's Shame follows the horrific, lurid, disgusting, vile, filthy, putrid life of a &#8230; I'm not sure if can even type this: s*x addict. Michael Fassbender plays a predatorial New Yorker who thinks about sex all the time &#8212; even on the subway! &#8212; unlike normal people who think about sex all the time except on the subway. The Shame trailer above features various [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michael-fassbender-shame-trailer-sex-fantasies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ken Russell/THE DEVILS DVD Release Missing Rape of Christ Sequence?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-the-devils-dvd-rape-of-christ-scene/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-the-devils-dvd-rape-of-christ-scene/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:18:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36022</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils Ken Russell, the director of Women in Love, The Boy Friend, and Altered States, died Sunday, Nov. 27, at the age of 84. Coincidentally, the British Film Institute, with much fanfare, announced several months ago that it would be releasing for the first time on DVD the X-rated version of Russell's The Devils, a mix of history, political intrigue, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-the-devils-dvd-rape-of-christ-scene/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ken Russell: Sex, Hallucinogenics, Visual Flair ALTERED STATES, CRIMES OF PASSION</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-sex-movies-crimes-of-passion-altered-states/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-sex-movies-crimes-of-passion-altered-states/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:38:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36019</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, Crimes of Passion Provocative, Controversial Director Ken Russell Dead at 84: WOMEN IN LOVE, TOMMY, THE DEVILS Valentino (1977) was another much-talked about biopic. (Perhaps not too surprisingly, decades later Ken Russell would write a positive commentary on a horrendously sensationalistic Valentino biography.) Reviews for the film starring Rudolf Nureyev as silent-film idol Rudolph Valentino were mostly negative. Audiences, for their [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-sex-movies-crimes-of-passion-altered-states/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Provocative, Controversial Director Ken Russell Dead at 84: THE DEVILS, WOMEN IN LOVE, TOMMY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-director-women-in-love-the-devils/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-director-women-in-love-the-devils/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:33:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36018</guid> <description><![CDATA[Director Ken Russell, best known for his movies featuring sex-starved nuns, nude male wrestling, "offensive" religious symbolism, and kaleidoscopic musical numbers, died Sunday, Nov. 27, in the United Kingdom. Russell had suffered a series of strokes. He was 84. Now hardly as remembered or admired as, say, '70s Hollywood icons Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, or Martin Scorsese, Russell not only was &#8212; more than &#8212; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ken-russell-director-women-in-love-the-devils/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BREAKING DAWN Early Reviews: Bella/Edward Sexless Honeymoon Lame and Disappointing</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/breaking-dawn-sex-honeymoon-bella-edward/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/breaking-dawn-sex-honeymoon-bella-edward/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:25:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35818</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bill Condon's BREAKING DAWN Gets Strongly Panned: Early Reviews Below are three The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 review snippets &#8212; all pans &#8212; from major trade publications. After reading Todd McCarthy's take on the film in The Hollywood Reporter (see below), I believe it's clear that there'll be a Special R-rated version of Breaking Dawn on DVD/Blu-ray. According to McCarthy's description of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/breaking-dawn-sex-honeymoon-bella-edward/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Playboy Playmate Cynthia Myers Dies: BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS Star</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cynthia-myers-playboy-playmate-beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cynthia-myers-playboy-playmate-beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:44:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35719</guid> <description><![CDATA[Model and actress Cynthia Myers, a 1968 Playboy Playmate, died Nov. 4. She was 61. Hugh Hefner announced her death on Twitter: “I’m saddened by the news of the passing of beloved Playmate Cynthia Myers, Miss December 1968.” No details about the cause of death have been released yet. Myers' movie roles were few. She reportedly had a bit part as a native girl in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cynthia-myers-playboy-playmate-beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PORKYS Wyatt Knight Found Dead in Hawaii; Apparent Suicide</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/porkys-wyatt-knight-suicide/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/porkys-wyatt-knight-suicide/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:35:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35686</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wyatt Knight, best remembered for the Porky's movies, was found dead in Maui on Oct. 26. Knight, who had received a bone marrow transplant for stage 4 non-hodgkins lymphoma in 2003, apparently committed suicide. He was 56. Knight's wife released a statement explaining her husband's decision: &#34;He was tired of the pain, and after much contemplation, chose to end his life in a beautiful and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/porkys-wyatt-knight-suicide/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Peter Wyngarde, THE INNOCENTS: Top Five Scariest Living Dead</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-wyngarde-male-ghost-the-innocents/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-wyngarde-male-ghost-the-innocents/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:37:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35648</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter Wyngarde, Martin Stephens, The Innocents Max Schreck, NOSFERATU: Top Five Scariest Living Dead Pt.2 When I first saw it as a kid, I loved Jack Clayton's spooky 1961 movie The Innocents, adapted by Truman Capote from Henry James' novel The Turn of the Screw. Admittedly, The Innocents is the kind of movie that could have turned this Catholic school student into a remorseless serial [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-wyngarde-male-ghost-the-innocents/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CALIGULA Actress Anneka Di Lorenzo Mystery Death</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/caligula-actress-anneka-di-lorenzo-mystery-death/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/caligula-actress-anneka-di-lorenzo-mystery-death/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:26:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35644</guid> <description><![CDATA[San Diego police are investigating the death of 58-year-old Caligula actress Anneka Di Lorenzo (aka Anneka Vasta), whose body was found Jan. 4 by joggers on a military training beach in San Diego County. Di Lorenzo appeared in a handful of &#34;exploitation&#34; movies of the '70s, most notably as Roman Empress Messalina in both Tinto Brass' Caligula and Bruno Corbucci's Messalina, Empress of Rome. Investigators [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/caligula-actress-anneka-di-lorenzo-mystery-death/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BREAKING DAWN, Vibrator Movie HYSTERIA: Rome Film Festival 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/breaking-dawn-vibrator-movie-hysteria-rome-film-festival/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/breaking-dawn-vibrator-movie-hysteria-rome-film-festival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:32:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35624</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bella, Edward, and a vibrator. No, not all together; after all, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is rated PG-13. It's just that the eclectic Rome Film Festival, currently being held in the Italian capital, has screened 15 minutes from Breaking Dawn: Part 1, in addition to Tanya Wexler's comedy about the invention of the vibrator, Hysteria, featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy (photo). [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/breaking-dawn-vibrator-movie-hysteria-rome-film-festival/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SHAME, Michael Fassbender, the Oscars: The Academy vs. NC-17 Movies?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-michael-fassbender-academy-awards-nc-17-movies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-michael-fassbender-academy-awards-nc-17-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:08:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35562</guid> <description><![CDATA[Now that Steve McQueen's Shame has received an NC-17 rating from the censors at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), some are concerned that the film's two leads, Michael Fassbender (right) and Carey Mulligan, may be penalized by the generally conservative membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Oscar history, however, shows otherwise. An X rating &#8212; the pre-1990 equivalent to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-michael-fassbender-academy-awards-nc-17-movies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SHAME Banned to Most Teenagers in the US, UK</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-sex-addict-movie-nc-17-banned-teenagers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-sex-addict-movie-nc-17-banned-teenagers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:35:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35553</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Fassbender, Shame Steve McQueen's Shame, a look at a man suffering from what some refer to as &#34;sex addiction,&#34; has been screwed with an NC-17 rating by the censors at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). That means no one under 17 is allowed to watch Shame at a movie theater in the United States. Shame is thus joining an illustrious &#8212; and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-sex-addict-movie-nc-17-banned-teenagers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Art, Therapy, or Torture Porn? THE BUNNY GAME Banned in the UK</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/torture-porn-the-bunny-game-banned-uk/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/torture-porn-the-bunny-game-banned-uk/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:26:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35484</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Renfro, Rodleen Getsic, The Bunny Game Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game, a mix of explicit sex and physical and psychological abuse, has been banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), reports Total Film. A few weeks ago, the BBFC stirred up quite a bit of talk after it decided to ban Tom Six's The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), which opened (to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/torture-porn-the-bunny-game-banned-uk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SHAME Poster: No Sex, Please</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-poster-sex-addition-movie/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-poster-sex-addition-movie/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:06:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35401</guid> <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure exactly why the above Shame poster would feature an empty bed. True, it looks like the poster bed from this Steve McQueen movie about a horrific disease known as Sex Addiction has been used &#8212; and used a whole lot. But to the best of my knowledge, beds are often used (and used a whole lot) for sleeping. Not that I'd like [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-poster-sex-addition-movie/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SHAME Reviews: Raves for Michael Fassbender, Steve McQueen</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-reviews-michael-fassbender-steve-mcqueen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-reviews-michael-fassbender-steve-mcqueen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:28:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35095</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Fassbender, Shame Steve McQueen-Michael Fassbender's SHAME: Sex Addiction at the Movies Directed by Steve McQueen (no relation to the star of Bullitt and The Getaway), and written by McQueen and playwright Abi Morgan, Shame was screened at the Venice and Telluride film festivals. Its next stop is the Toronto Film Festival later this month. McQueen's drama revolves around the dangers of sex addiction and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-reviews-michael-fassbender-steve-mcqueen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sex Addiction at the Movies: Steve McQueen-Michael Fassbender&#039;s SHAME</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-sex-addition-michael-fassbender-steve-mcqueen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-sex-addition-michael-fassbender-steve-mcqueen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:22:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35094</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan, Michael Fassbender, Shame Shame, writer-director Steve McQueen's follow-up effort to his acclaimed IRA drama Hunger, has been getting all-around excellent notices for the film itself, for McQueen's stylistic choices, and for Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan's performances as a pair of troubled siblings, one of whom gets to sing "New York, New York" off-key. Shame has been screened at both the Venice and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/shame-sex-addition-michael-fassbender-steve-mcqueen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>JOAN BLONDELL: A LIFE BETWEEN TAKES</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/joan-blondell-matthew-kennedy/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/joan-blondell-matthew-kennedy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:20:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/joan-blondell-matthew-kennedy/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joan Blondell. Those who have heard the name will most likely picture either a blowsy, older woman playing the worldwise but warm-hearted saloon owner in the late 1960s television series Here Come the Brides, or a lively, fast-talking, no-nonsense, and unconventionally sexy gold digger in numerous Pre-Code Warner Bros. comedies and musicals of the early 1930s. Matthew Kennedy's Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (University [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/joan-blondell-matthew-kennedy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>11</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 6</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/client-9-the-rise-and-fall-of-eliot-spitzer-sex-scandals-politics/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/client-9-the-rise-and-fall-of-eliot-spitzer-sex-scandals-politics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:48:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27206</guid> <description><![CDATA[Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Mike Nichols-Elaine May's PRIMARY COLORS: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 5 Directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, the documentary Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer attempts to show that former New York governor Eliot Spitzer's downfall was quite possibly set up by his powerful Wall Street enemies. Unlike [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/client-9-the-rise-and-fall-of-eliot-spitzer-sex-scandals-politics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PRIMARY COLORS: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 5</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/primary-colors-john-travolta-bill-clinton-sex/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/primary-colors-john-travolta-bill-clinton-sex/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27205</guid> <description><![CDATA[Emma Thompson, John Travolta, Primary Colors Primary Colors (1998) Antonio Capuano's PIANESE NUNZIO: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 4 Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Elaine May, adapting Newsweek political columnist Joe Klein's novel, Primary Colors is a surprisingly effective fictionalized account of Bill Clinton's run for the White House. In the film, Southern senator Jack Stanton (John Travolta) is an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/primary-colors-john-travolta-bill-clinton-sex/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PIANESE NUNZIO: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 4</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pianese-nunzio-gay-priest-sex-scandal-teenager/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pianese-nunzio-gay-priest-sex-scandal-teenager/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:43:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27204</guid> <description><![CDATA[Emanuele Gargiulo, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Pianese Nunzio Pianese Nunzio, Fourteen in May (2006) Franklin J. Schaffner-Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 3 Writer-director Antonio Capuano's Pianese Nunzio, Fourteen in May focuses not on a political figure, but on a politically active religious one. Set in Naples, Pianese Nunzio chronicles the anti-mafia crusade waged by Don Lorenzo Borrelli (Fabrizio Bentivoglio). [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pianese-nunzio-gay-priest-sex-scandal-teenager/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE BEST MAN: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 3</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-best-man-sex-cliff-robertson-homosexuality/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-best-man-sex-cliff-robertson-homosexuality/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:42:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27203</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cliff Robertson, The Best Man The Best Man (1964) Otto Preminger's ADVISE &#38; CONSENT: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 2 Adapted by Gore Vidal from his own play, The Best Man has more dirty politics, more homoerotic activity in the distant past, and more Henry Fonda. The &#34;Best Man&#34; of the title refers to the guy who shall eventually win the presidency [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-best-man-sex-cliff-robertson-homosexuality/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ADVISE &amp; CONSENT: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 2</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/advise-and-consent-don-murray-gay-blackmail/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/advise-and-consent-don-murray-gay-blackmail/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:41:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27201</guid> <description><![CDATA[Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Advise &#38; Consent Advise &#38; Consent (1962) Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies: Introduction Especially after his departure from 20th Century Fox in the early 1950s, Otto Preminger set out to break one taboo after another. He took on the Production Code Administration when he released the 1953 sex comedy The Moon Is Blue without a seal of approval, cast [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/advise-and-consent-don-murray-gay-blackmail/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>British Board of Film Classification Banned Movies: From JE T&#039;AIME MOI NON PLUS to ILSA, SHE WOLF OF THE SS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/british-board-of-film-classification-banned-movies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/british-board-of-film-classification-banned-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:12:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27191</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joe Dallesandro, Jane Birkin in Serge Gainsbourg's Je t'aime moi non plus / I Love You, No I Don't According to the &#34;censor watchgroup&#34; site melonfarmers.com, Tom Six's The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) joins a number of other motion pictures banned in the last few years by the concerned folks at the British Board of Film Classification. Among those are several porn/sexually explicit titles [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/british-board-of-film-classification-banned-movies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE II (FULL SEQUENCE) Banned in the UK: Potentially Harmful and Obscene</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-human-centipede-ii-banned-obscene/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-human-centipede-ii-banned-obscene/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:48:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27190</guid> <description><![CDATA[The British Board of Film Classification, an undemocratic institution like censorship boards everywhere, has just denied a certificate to the direct-to-video release of Tom Six's The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence). In other words, the film cannot be &#34;legally supplied&#34; anywhere in the United Kingdom. The decision was taken by BBFC Director David Cooke and the Presidential Team of Sir Quentin Thomas, Alison Hastings and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-human-centipede-ii-banned-obscene/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Julia Leigh&#039;s Sexually Charged SLEEPING BEAUTY Creates Controversy: Cannes 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/julia-leigh-sleeping-beauty-controversy-cannes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/julia-leigh-sleeping-beauty-controversy-cannes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 01:18:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27051</guid> <description><![CDATA[Emily Browning, Sleeping Beauty Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty divided critics at the Cannes Film Festival &#8212; while reminding some of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Presented by Jane Campion, Sleeping Beauty is the story of a young woman (Sucker Punch's and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' Emily Browning) whose sex-escort job entails taking drugs, passing out, and having wealthy older men do &#34;things&#34; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/julia-leigh-sleeping-beauty-controversy-cannes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY &#8211; Erotic Box-Office Hit in Hong Kong</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/3d-sex-and-zen-extreme-ecstasy-erotic-box-office-hit-hong-kong/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/3d-sex-and-zen-extreme-ecstasy-erotic-box-office-hit-hong-kong/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:06:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26893</guid> <description><![CDATA[Saori Hara, 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy Whereas sexually explicit and semi-explicit material is shunned in Hollywood for fear of incurring the NC-17-rated wrath of the Motion Picture Association of America's censorship board, 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy has become a Category III-rated (no one under 18 allowed) hit in Hong Kong. Inspired by Yu Li's 17th-century erotic classic The Carnal Prayer Mat, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/3d-sex-and-zen-extreme-ecstasy-erotic-box-office-hit-hong-kong/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN Review Pt.2 &#8211; Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Monique van Vooren</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/andy-warhol-frankenstein-joe-dallesandro-udo-kier/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/andy-warhol-frankenstein-joe-dallesandro-udo-kier/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:39:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26787</guid> <description><![CDATA[Monique van Vooren, Joe Dallesandro, Flesh for Frankenstein FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN Review Part I But Monique van Vooren's performance as the Baroness stands out as the funniest, as throughout the film she resonates a mix of aristocratic propriety and unadulterated lust. For instance, the Baroness looks disgusted at the stable-boy's ostentatious sexual display, all the while plotting to get the young, opportunistic slab-of-beef into bed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/andy-warhol-frankenstein-joe-dallesandro-udo-kier/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN Review d: Paul Morrissey</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/flesh-for-frankenstein-paul-morrissey-dallesandro/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/flesh-for-frankenstein-paul-morrissey-dallesandro/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:39:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26786</guid> <description><![CDATA[FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN / ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN (1973) Direction and Screenplay: Paul Morrissey Cast: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Monique van Vooren, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Arno Juerging, Srdjan Zelenovic, Nicoletta Elmi, Marco Liofredi, Liù Bosisio Highly Recommended Monique van Vooren, Joe Dallesandro, Flesh for Frankenstein The first time I saw Flesh for Frankenstein was during its theatrical release in 1973, when it was titled, Andy Warhol's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/flesh-for-frankenstein-paul-morrissey-dallesandro/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rex Ingram: THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE, THE MAGICIAN, THE GARDEN OF ALLAH</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/rex-ingram/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/rex-ingram/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:18:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16375</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rex Ingram directing Scaramouche (top); Henri Matisse, Rex Ingram (middle); Rex Ingram, the actor-director, with off-screen girlfriend Rosita Garcia in Baroud (bottom) Rex Ingram Part I In Beyond Paradise, I wrote that "Ingram's unquestionable talent was matched only by his arrogance, fiery temperament, and lack of respect for authority." Indeed, those qualities were his undoing. A couple of years after his falling out with June [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/rex-ingram/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>STRAW DOGS Review Pt.2 &#8211; Infamous Rape Scene</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/straw-dogs-dustin-hoffman-susan-george/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/straw-dogs-dustin-hoffman-susan-george/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:32:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17010</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dustin Hoffman in Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs STRAW DOGS Review: Part I Worse, the acting does absolutely nothing to liven up the bad writing, as Dustin Hoffman turns in what may well be his worst performance until the ridiculously bad Rain Man. As the story goes, Hoffman loathed Straw Dogs and took the part only for the money; that seems quite apparent on-screen. Susan George [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/straw-dogs-dustin-hoffman-susan-george/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CineKink NYC 2011: From Mr. Leather Contest to Erotic WHO&#039;S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cinekink-nyc-mr-leather-contest-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cinekink-nyc-mr-leather-contest-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:48:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26348</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vivian Darkbloom's Indietro (top) sounds like an erotic version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; in Pearl Tan's short Baby Cake (bottom), for some mysterious reason a gay couple and a lesbian couple try to conceive a baby &#34;naturally&#34; The 8th annual CineKink NYC, featuring a &#34;specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality,&#34; will take place March [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cinekink-nyc-mr-leather-contest-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CLOSER Review &#8211; Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen d: Mike Nichols</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/closer-mike-nichols/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/closer-mike-nichols/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:33:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/closer-mike-nichols/</guid> <description><![CDATA[CLOSER (2004) Direction: Mike Nichols Cast: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman Screenplay: Patrick Marber; from his own 1997 play Oscar Movies Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Closer THE PERFECT DYSFUNCTIONAL DATE MOVIE Mike Nichols' first feature film, an adaptation of Edward Albee's acclaimed play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, is a harrowing dissection of two married couples whose inner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/closer-mike-nichols/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>KINSEY Review Pt.2 &#8211; Liam Neeson, Laura Linney</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/kinsey-liam-neeson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/kinsey-liam-neeson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:21:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15415</guid> <description><![CDATA[Timothy Hutton, Peter Sarsgaard, Liam Neeson as Dr. Alfred Kinsey, Chris O'Donnell in Bill Condon's Kinsey KINSEY Review: Part I Also like the controversial heroes of previous biopics, Dustin Hoffman's Lenny Bruce in Lenny and Montgomery Clift's Dr. Sigmund Freud in Freud, Kinsey is ostracized because he dares tell the uncomfortable truth to a hypocritical society that wants none of it. But unlike Hoffman's abrasive [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/kinsey-liam-neeson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>KINSEY Review d: Bill Condon</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/kinsey-bill-condon-liam-neeson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/kinsey-bill-condon-liam-neeson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:20:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/kinsey-bill-condon-liam-neeson/</guid> <description><![CDATA[KINSEY (2004) Direction and screenplay: Bill Condon (There's a &#34;thank you&#34; credit to Kinsey biographer Johnathan Gathorne-Hardy and his book, Kinsey: Sex the Measure of All Things) Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt, Lynn Redgrave, Katharine Houghton Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Kinsey At one point in Kinsey, Liam Neeson's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/kinsey-bill-condon-liam-neeson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LENNY Review d: Bob Fosse scr: Julian Barry</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/lenny-bob-fosse-dustin-hoffman-perrine/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/lenny-bob-fosse-dustin-hoffman-perrine/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:10:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/lenny-bob-fosse-dustin-hoffman-perrine/</guid> <description><![CDATA[LENNY (1974) Direction: Bob Fosse Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Gary Morton Screenplay: Julian Barry; from his own play Oscar Movies Dustin Hoffman, Lenny Bob Fosse's 1974 biopic Lenny has two chief assets: the still relevant free speech issues it raises and Valerie Perrine's scene-stealing turn as the tragic Honey (Marlowe) Bruce. The film itself is neither riveting nor entertaining; in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/lenny-bob-fosse-dustin-hoffman-perrine/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MONSTER&#039;S BALL Commentary: Racial and Sexual Relations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/monsters-ball-commentary-racial-and-sexual-relations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/monsters-ball-commentary-racial-and-sexual-relations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:00:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Nathan Donarum</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26297</guid> <description><![CDATA[Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton, Monster's Ball This brief piece is an amalgam of two comments posted in response to Alt Film Guide's Monster's Ball review written by André Soares. The comments have been slightly reedited for easier reading as a single post. See below. I've seen Monster's Ball twice, and in all honesty it grew in power the second time I saw it. I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/monsters-ball-commentary-racial-and-sexual-relations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MONSTER&#039;S BALL Review &#8211; Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry d: Marc Forster</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/monsters-ball-marc-forster/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/monsters-ball-marc-forster/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:20:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/monsters-ball-marc-forster/</guid> <description><![CDATA[MONSTER'S BALL (2001) Direction: Marc Forster Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Peter Boyle, Sean Combs, Mos Def, Coronji Calhoun Screenplay: Milo Addica and Will Rokos Oscar Movies Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton, Monster's Ball In Monster's Ball &#8212; the title refers to the macabre partying held the night before the execution of a death-row inmate &#8212; first-time screenwriters Milo Addica and Will [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/monsters-ball-marc-forster/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>17</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE CONTENDER Review &#8211; Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman d: Rod Lurie</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/contender-rod-lurie-joan-allen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/contender-rod-lurie-joan-allen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:41:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/contender-rod-lurie-joan-allen/</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE CONTENDER (2000) Direction and screenplay: Rod Lurie Cast: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William L. Petersen, Saul Rubinek, Philip Baker Hall, Robin Thomas, Mike Binder, Mariel Hemingway, Kathryn Morris, Kristen Shaw Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Saul Rubinek, Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, The Contender &#34;Principles only mean anything when we stick by them when they're inconvenient,&#34; says Senator Laine [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/contender-rod-lurie-joan-allen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lena Nyman Dies: I AM CURIOUS (YELLOW) Banned as Pornography</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lena-nyman-i-am-curious-yellow-pornography/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lena-nyman-i-am-curious-yellow-pornography/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:32:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26211</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lena Nyman in Vilgot Sjöman's I Am Curious (Yellow) Lena Nyman, the Swedish actress who starred in the controversial, sexually charged Swedish drama I Am Curious (Yellow), died today following &#34;a long illness.&#34; She was 66. Curiously, Nyman's death took place one day after that of another star of another controversial, sexually charged release of that era, Last Tango in Paris' Maria Schneider. Shot in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lena-nyman-i-am-curious-yellow-pornography/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pauline Kael on LAST TANGO IN PARIS: The &quot;Movie Breakthrough&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pauline-kael-on-last-tango-in-paris-the-movie-breakthrough/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pauline-kael-on-last-tango-in-paris-the-movie-breakthrough/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:11:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26209</guid> <description><![CDATA[Maria Schneider, Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris Here's wondering if Maria Schneider would also have found Pauline Kael's review of Last Tango in Paris "kitsch," much like Schneider's latter-day opinion of the film itself. Below is a paragraph found in Kael's lengthy hosanna to Bernardo Bertolucci's drama. It's probably the much revered (and much reviled) critic's best-known piece. And I can't [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pauline-kael-on-last-tango-in-paris-the-movie-breakthrough/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider: LAST TANGO IN PARIS Butter Sex Scene Offensively Ridiculous</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:22:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26206</guid> <description><![CDATA[Maria Schneider Pt. 4: Schneider vs. Bernardo Bertolucci vs. Marlon Brando &#8211; LAST TANGO Blame Game After Marlon Brando died in 2004, Maria Schneider watched Last Tango in Paris once again and found it &#34;kitsch.&#34; Watching the infamous butter sex/rape scene below, one can see why. The "thrusting, jabbing eroticism" that Pauline Kael found so fascinating in her review of the film will look erotic [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/marlon-brando-maria-schneider-last-tango-in-paris-butter-sex-scene/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>15</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maria Schneider Pt. 4: Schneider vs. Bernardo Bertolucci vs. Marlon Brando &#8211; LAST TANGO Blame Game</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/maria-schneider-bernardo-bertolucci-marlon-brando/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/maria-schneider-bernardo-bertolucci-marlon-brando/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:06:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26203</guid> <description><![CDATA[Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris Maria Schneider Pt. 3: MEMOIRS OF A FRENCH WHORE, A WOMAN LIKE EVE Decades after Last Tango in Paris became a cultural phenomenon, Schneider continued to hold a grudge against Bertolucci &#8212; even though she once told the French newspaper Libération that Brando was the one dictating to the &#34;submissive&#34; director how Last Tango [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/maria-schneider-bernardo-bertolucci-marlon-brando/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maria Schneider Obit Pt.2: Ingmar Bergman &#8211; LAST TANGO IN PARIS &quot;About Homosexuals&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/maria-schneider-obit-ingmar-bergman-last-tango-homosexuals/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/maria-schneider-obit-ingmar-bergman-last-tango-homosexuals/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:34:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26205</guid> <description><![CDATA[Maria Schneider, Jack Nicholson in Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger Maria Schneider Dies: LAST TANGO IN PARIS, THE PASSENGER Robert Altman, for his part, saw more than sex and dairy products in Last Tango in Paris, remarking, &#34;Bertolucci has carried film honesty to its ultimate. How dare I make another movie? My personal and artistic life will never be the same.&#34; Ingmar Bergman, fresh from his [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/maria-schneider-obit-ingmar-bergman-last-tango-homosexuals/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Maria Schneider Dies: LAST TANGO IN PARIS, THE PASSENGER</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/maria-schneider-dies-last-tango-in-paris-the-passenger/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/maria-schneider-dies-last-tango-in-paris-the-passenger/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:31:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26202</guid> <description><![CDATA[Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris. The scandalous film was reviled by Lucille Ball, admired by Robert Altman, and reinterpreted by Ingmar Bergman Maria Schneider, best known for her sex scenes with Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris (1972), died of cancer earlier today in Paris. Schneider was 58. [Addendum: In a strange coincidence, Lena Nyman, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/maria-schneider-dies-last-tango-in-paris-the-passenger/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Susannah York Dies: Oscar winner TOM JONES, Sensational Lesbian Drama THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/susannah-york-dies-tom-jones-lesbian-the-killing-of-sister-george/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/susannah-york-dies-tom-jones-lesbian-the-killing-of-sister-george/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:47:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26025</guid> <description><![CDATA[Beryl Reid, Susannah York in Robert Aldrich's The Killing of Sister George Susannah York, one of the best (and best-looking) performers of the 1960s and 1970s, died today of bone marrow cancer. York's son, Orlando Wells (the Duke of Kent in The King's Speech and Lord Montagu in A Very British Sex Scandal), announced her death earlier today. The London-born York had turned 72 on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/susannah-york-dies-tom-jones-lesbian-the-killing-of-sister-george/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
