“It’s arguable that the particular despair an active addict suffers is only comprehensible to other addicts; but in the moments that for some represent Shame’s most deplorable excesses, I was convinced that both Fassbender and McQueen, neither of whom is an addict as far as I know, do in fact “get it,” and, more importantly, put it across.”
Glenn Kenny On Shame And “Snickering”

“At 12 he was an altar boy. Now Michael Fassbender is having sex with strangers and spanking Keira Knightley”
Emma Brockes Takes Measure Of Fassy

“And as this seems to be my last column for the Guardian, I say farewell in the hope that you have had some pleasure from it.”
Thomson‘s Final Guardian BioDict: Fassbender

McQueen Says You’re In The Shame Foursome spoilers

Wolcott Empathizes With Shame‘s Porn Clean-Up Scene

Meet Lucy Walters, Shame‘s Leg-Crossing Subway Rider

“It’s very possible that a serious movie could be made about sex addiction—say, if the man, in pursuit of his obsessions, had a family that he tore up along the way.”
Denby Blogs To Chime With Lane On Shame
But, Earlier – “Whatever happened to shame? Perhaps we’re meant to admire Denby’s honesty, the complete candor with which he reveals his foolishness; perhaps we’re meant to learn from his mistakes. But in what way is it instructive, or even entertaining, to read that in mid-1999, for a six-week period, Mr. Denby became obsessed with Internet porn?”
Adam Begley Reviews “American Sucker,” Denby’s 2005 Memoir Of His Wife Leaving Him For Another Woman, His Crippling Stock Market Gambling And Sexual Compulsion

Movieline’s Walk Of Shame

Cinemark Knows No Shame

Fassbender And McQueen On The Sex And The City Of Shame

When Headline Writers Go For SEO Gold And Journos Go For Spoilers: “Michael Fassbender’s naked girlfriends in sex drama Shame“

Shame Bears Its Scarlet Letters