August 14, 2008 – 5:00 pm
Everyone knows that sex sells. And hundreds, if not thousands, of films have been marketed with sex. But here I’ve selected ten interesting cases of how a sex scene — or many — affected their respective film’s ability to attract an audience.
I can think of no better poster child for celibacy than Parisian “provocateur” Catherine Breillat, the director of such erotic misfires as Fat Girl, Romance, and more recently, The Last Mistress, which stars another over-hyped “hottie” Asia Argento. Exiting the theater after a Breillat flick, I never want to have sex again. Ostensibly concerned [...]
The Chinese censors have reportedly placed a media ban on actress Tang Wei, due to her sex scenes in Lust, Caution. This means she can’t attend award show or appear on television, and the nation’s print media has been ordered to pull all feature stories about her.
Anne Thompson eulogizes New Line, with help from John [...]
February 29, 2008 – 10:00 am
Plus: Ang Lee is roped into the fight to save NC-17, and Will Ferrell is responsible for New Line’s legacy.
October 25, 2007 – 6:56 am
Why the Hollywood Foreign Press has little interest in legitimately “foreign” film.
October 1, 2007 – 5:20 am
Plus: Tom Cruise makes a deal with YouTube, and First Look responds to criticism by going on a shopping spree.
August 24, 2007 – 5:16 am
Focus Features has accepted an NC-17 rating for Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution, despite the fact that it will seriously hamper the film’s chances of reaching the audience it needs to gain critical mass come Oscar time. According to The Hollywood Reporter, although the film contains no full-frontal male nudity, “male-on-female oral sex, non-S&M restraints and [...]
