London Film Festival 2024 Brings Mindfulness Amidst a Bustling Metropolis
Mindfulness is integral to cinema; thus, it’s fitting to emphasize time in 2024’s London Film Festival Festival, because every story is running out of it.
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Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ Film Series Keeps Chipping Away at Racism
Small Axe fuses the political and poetic and reminds that oppression does not define communities; it is one element of a much richer cultural tapestry and emotional terrain.
‘Widows’ Is an Exquisitely Composed Feminist Heist Thriller
Who knew that one of film's greatest arbiters of misery, Steve McQueen, also had a fun side with his latest film, Widows?
Viola Davis and Elizabeth Debicki Steal the Show in ‘Widows’
Steve McQueen's heist caper, Widows, is ultra-slick but gets sidetracked by its goofy plot twists. No matter; Viola Davis and Elizabeth Debicki's performances make for a satisfying experience.
The Turner Prize: A Brief Introduction to Film and Video (and Disappointment in 2016)
If we look past the ludicrous, carnival facade of The Turner Prize, the obscured film work might be less on the “outer fringes of the map of cinema” than we are led to believe.
America, Slavery, and McQueen and Tarantino’s Two Very Different Films
12 Years a Slave is every bit as intense as one might imagine, though not completely depressing, whereas Django Unchained aestheticizes its extreme violence.
Armond White: Asshole, or Activist?
Armond White allegedly heckled Steve McQueen at the recent NYFCC Awards ceremony... and people are surprised by this?