s 2.jpg — Shame (2011)

**Directed By: Steve McQueen**
**Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale**
**Rated: NC-17**
**Run Time: 1h 41m**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**Strengths: Acting, Cinematography, Brevity**
**Weakness: NA**

Shame (2011)

March 3, 2020

Sex addict and successful New Businessman, Brandon, has his life upended when his sister comes to stay with him and breaks his reserved and solitary lifestyle.

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**Directed by: Pedro Almodovar**
**Starring: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles Leon**
**Rated: NC-17 for a Scene of Strong Adult Sensuality and Nudity**
**Running Time: 1 h 41 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Characters, Humor, Mis-En-Scene**
**WEAKNESSES: Almodovar-lite**

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)

February 10, 2020

A former mental patient takes a former porn star prisoner in an attempt to convince her to marry him.

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**Directed by: Russ Meyer**
**Starring: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John Lazar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian**
**Rated: NC-17**
**Running Time: 1 h 49 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Themes, Story, Soundtrack, Editing, Overall Insanity**
**WEAKNESSES: Monologue at the End**

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

December 5, 2019

Three girls in a band travel to Hollywood to make it big, but instead only find drugs, promiscuity, and a procession of insane characters.

MV5BODc2MmVjZmUtNjAzMS00MDNiLWIyM2YtOGEzMjg0YjRhMzRmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,643,1000_AL_.jpg — The Evil Dead (1981)

**Directed by: Sam Raimi**
**Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeMainicor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly**
**Rated: NC-17**
**Running Time: 1 h 25 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Independent/ Low Budget Masterpiece, Special Effects, Pacing, Cinematography, Directing, Schmaltzy Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

The Evil Dead (1981)

October 11, 2019

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods for a groovy time, but after they discover a dark book and mysterious recordings left by the cabin’s previous owners, strange and horrific things begin to happen.

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

August 19, 2019

A police lieutenant with serious gambling and drug addictions reevaluates the way he chooses to live his life during his investigation into the rape of a nun.

MV5BMTQ5NTg5ODk4OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODc4MTMzMDE@._V1_.jpg — Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)

**Directed by: Abellatif Kechiche**
**Starring: Adele Exarchopoulos, Lea Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche**
**Rated: NC-17 for Explicit Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 3 h**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Story, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)

February 14, 2019

Adele, a young schoolteacher in France, has a life altering awakening when she meets Emma, an artist with blue hair.

MV5BMTY5NzgyMjUwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjc2NjQzMTE@._V1_.jpg — Female Trouble (1974)

**Directed by: John Waters**
**Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey**
**Rated: NC-17**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Eccentricity**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Acting(?), Cinematography**

Female Trouble (1974)

August 24, 2018

A spoiled high school girl runs away from home and has to turn to a life of crime to support herself.

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