Charlize Theron’s character in “Young Adult,” a divorced, deluded teen-lit

Charlize Theron’s character in “Young Adult,” a divorced, deluded teen-lit writer, wakes up each morning face-down in her bed wearing the same clothes she had on the night before. She clearly has a drinking problem. It’s a daring performance in a daring film. Here are five other movies that presented alcoholism in equally vivid, unflinching terms:

v “The Lost Weekend” (1945): This was groundbreaking in its day for exploring what was then considered a taboo subject. Long before going through rehab was societally acceptable and even encouraged, people just didn’t talk about alcoholism, and film depictions of drinking were usually glamorous or whimsical. “The Lost Weekend” is anything but.

v “Barfly” (1987): Barbet Schroeder’s film, based on a script by Charles Bukowski, may have a romantic, LA-noir aesthetic, but it’s piercing in its no-nonsense portrayal of two lonely people who are as much in love with booze as they are with each other.

v “Leaving Las Vegas” (1995): As a Hollywood screenwriter, Nicolas Cage wants to escape everything when he travels to Las Vegas to drink himself to death. He’s charismatic, volatile and achingly sad as he dives headfirst into his intentional ruin.

v “Bad Santa” (2003): As in “Arthur,” the perpetual drinking is a running joke, but the laughs come from a much darker place. Yes, Terry Zwigoff’s film is consistently funny but it’s also got an unrelenting, unapologetic mean streak.

v “Julia” (2009): Perhaps not so much a great film as a great performance from the ever-daring and versatile Tilda Swinton as the title character, a lonely, self-destructive alcoholic who makes a series of desperate choices.

Oscar music men

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Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer and Grammy-winning rapper Pharrell Williams will serve as music consultants for the 84th annual Academy Awards show, to be broadcast Feb. 26.

Zimmer, 54, won an Oscar for the original score for 1994’s “The Lion King.” He has another eight nominations for scoring films such as “Inception,” “Gladiator” and “Rain Man.”

Williams, 38, is a rapper and producer who has recorded with Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake and Beyonc . He has won three Grammys.