Movie Reviews and Previews Small Axe: Alex Wheatle Alex Wheatle, the fourth installment of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology, is, like Red, White and Blue before it, a biopic focused on the origin story of an accomplished Black man descended from Caribbean immigrants to the UK. In this case, the story centers on Alex Wheatle, an award-winning By Sarah • Dec 14, 2020 03:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Small Axe: Lovers Rock seethes with life and passion Mangrove, the first entry into Steve McQueen’s film anthology series Small Axe, is a historical courtroom drama that is vital in a year of social demonstration and change. The second film in Small Axe, Lovers Rock, is in many ways a step back from Mangrove, not in quality but By Sarah • Nov 30, 2020 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Small Axe: Mangrove is vital viewing in 2020 Steve McQueen’s latest project is a series of five films collected as an anthology detailing experiences from the “Windrush generation” of immigrants from the Caribbean who came to Britain to help fulfill post-war labor shortages in the mid-twentieth century. (These are films labelled as “episodes”, so have fun figuring By Sarah • Nov 23, 2020 03:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 24, 2020 Dear Gossips, It’s film festival season soon, most of them happening virtually. Venice begins on September 2 followed by Telluride a couple of days later. Then it’s TIFF on September 10 and the New York Film Festival kicks off September 23. After that the London Film Festival is By Lainey • Aug 24, 2020 08:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Widows To call Widows a leap forward for director Steve McQueen, or to otherwise imply this is some kind of improvement on his already capable and distinct style, is not fair to McQueen or a good assessment of his previous work (Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave). However, there is no By Sarah • Sep 12, 2018 04:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Widows Slay Steve McQueen hasn’t made a feature film since 12 Years a Slave, but he returns this fall with Widows, a film that could not look more different from 12 Years if it was shot on the moon. The first trailer has been released, and I immediately watched it three By Sarah • Jun 04, 2018 12:31 pm
Oscars 2014 A little bit of boy sh*t Look at the picture below. If it looks familiar, it’s because it was used yesterday in the open. There’s Steve McQueen jumping in joy at the front. Now look all the way to the back... yeah. See that guy back there, giving kind of a laconic peace sign? By Duana • Mar 04, 2014 11:37 am
Steve McQueen Intro for March 3, 2014 Dear Gossips, How f-cking cute is Steve McQueen? The jumping up and down? It was indeed a director/film split between Gravity and 12 Years A Slave with Alfonso Cuaron taking Best Director and the right film being immortalised. Because, as I suggested in one of our production meetings this By Lainey • Mar 03, 2014 02:25 am
Golden Globes 2014 The Golden Globe Awards 2014 Steve McQueen shouted out Brad Pitt at the very end of his speech last night. “Wherever you are”… get your ass in campaign mode. 12 Years A Slave won, yes. But the momentum right now is for American Hustle and Gravity. Oscar nominations are coming down this Thursday. Everybody else By Lainey • Jan 13, 2014 03:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chiwetel time 12 Years A Slave – it’s the film everyone is calling the frontrunner for Best Picture. And the film that seems to be scaring off a few contenders. 12 Years screened at the New York Film Festival last night. Director Steve McQueen was there (and Madonna had to get in By Lainey • Oct 09, 2013 12:28 pm
BFFs Fassy & McQueen can’t stay apart Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen presented Shame at the London Film Festival today. Shame, as you know, is their second collaboration and word is they will work together for a third time on 12 Years A Slave, the true story of Solomon Northrup with Chiwetel Ejiofor in the lead role. By Lainey • Oct 14, 2011 11:26 am
