I know that technically Shame falls just outside the parameters that I set for this little project, having been released in December of 2011, but I saw this film this weekend and I have to write about it. Besides, what good is having rules if you can't bend them from time to time?

Speaking of bending the rules, this film is no stranger to the taboo. It is the first NC-17 rated film to be included in the project (and probably only since no film released in 2012 got an NC-17).

The rating itself is a good jumping off point to a...