Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael, inspired by the novel Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Produced by Stanley Kubrick
Running time: 159 minutes
Should I Care?
Even with its question marks, the thirteenth and final film from Stanley Kubrick — director of 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Rated X'
Reimagining the Softcore Cable Porn Movie
January 24th, 2010 · 8 Comments
Tags: Based on novel · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Femme fatale · Forensic evidence · Interrogation · Paranoia · Prostitute · Rated X
What’s Up With This Script? Are You Down With This?
March 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Boogie Nights (1997)
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Produced by Ghoulardi Film Company/ Lawrence Gordon Productions/ New Line Cinema
Running time: 155 minutes
What the *&#! Is This About?
In the San Fernando Valley of 1977, busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) catches the eye of Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), maker of “adult films, exotic pictures” [...]
Tags: Bathtub scene · Coming of age · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Father/son relationship · Master and pupil · No opening credits · Prostitute · Rated X · Shootout
It’s Exactly Like My Business
March 11th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Scarface (1983)
Screenplay by Oliver Stone, based on a screenplay by Ben Hecht
Directed by Brian DePalma
Produced by Universal Pictures
Running time: 170 minutes
What the *&#! Is This About?
In 1980 – following the expulsion by Fidel Castro of 125,000 Cubans, many less than desirable – U.S. immigration officials question Tony Montana (Al Pacino). His bid for asylum [...]
Tags: Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Brother/sister relationship · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · Drunk scene · Famous line · Gangsters and hoodlums · Hitman · Interrogation · Master and pupil · Rated X · Shootout
Dressed to Kill (1980)
July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Synopsis
Resorting to a fantasy in which a stranger accosts her in the shower, Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) gets through a thoroughly unsatisfying round of sex with her husband. Revealing this to her psychiatrist, Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine), she’s advised to think about where her anger is going and to confront her husband with her [...]
Tags: Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Midlife crisis · Mother/son relationship · Murder mystery · Museums and galleries · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Psychoanalysis · Rated X · Train · Woman in jeopardy










