Mark Kermode on… director Steve McQueen, a boundary-pushing master
From his feature debut, Hunger, to his new documentary, Occupied City, the Oscar-winning director and Turner prize winner’s work has been a long, lively conversation between art and film
May 2023
Steve McQueen voices ‘dismay’ after MPs snub Grenfell Tower film invitation
Award-winning British artist says lack of politicians’ response to attend a screening speaks volumes about ‘what is happening in this country’
June 2020
The UK film industry has to change. It's wrong, it's blatant racism
Steve McQueen
Oscar-winning director of 12 Years a Slave reflects on lack of diversity and says now is the time for real change
May 2020
Hollywood studio behind 12 Years a Slave wins rights for 'real life Lord of the Flies'
New Regency will bring to the screen the true story of six Tongan teenagers who survived for 15 months on a remote Pacific island in the 1960s
January 2020
Steve McQueen: ‘It’s all about the truth, nothing but the truth. End of'
Steve McQueen: lack of diversity could ruin Baftas' credibility
October 2019
The Q&A
Lupita Nyong’o: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? I like it when you’re angry’
Culture webchats
Chiwetel Ejiofor on Forest Gate, Shakespeare, Lynne Ramsay and Angelina Jolie
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
November 2018
Culture highlights of the week
What to see this week in the UK
From Peterloo to War Horse, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
October 2018
Netflix – treat your black customers with the respect they deserve
Lanre Bakare
By promoting its shows with bit-part black actors, Netflix is distorting the truth about Hollywood diversity, writes the Guardian’s TV editor, Lanre Bakare
October 2017
Film blog
Can Michael Fassbender survive his year of flops?
The Snowman is melting at the box office. It only continues what Assassin’s Creed and Song to Song started: threatening to ruin this actor’s previously sparkling career
April 2017
Guerrilla's John Ridley: 'As Three Kings went through the system, George Clooney was unblackified'
The story of the British Black Panthers through race, politics, love and power
February 2017
Film blog
Don't let that Oscars blunder overshadow Moonlight's monumental achievement
Steve Rose
My favorite best picture Oscar winner
My favorite best picture Oscar winner: 12 Years a Slave
November 2016
Selma is 100% historically accurate but Imitation Game just 41.4%, says study
A scene-by-scene analysis of recent Oscar contenders by data site Information is Beautiful gives full marks for historical accuracy to Martin Luther King biopic
October 2016
Michael Fassbender: ‘I was a bit of a worrywart. I’ve tried to work on that’
He does raw and repressed better than anyone, but off-screen the actor is learning how to relax. He talks old friends, forgiveness and on-screen nudity
Steve McQueen honoured with BFI fellowship at London film festival
The Oscar-winning film-maker and celebrated contemporary artist is the first black director or producer to receive the prestigious award
Hollywood, sometimes the truth is better than fiction
Catherine Shoard
Why insist on reimagined propaganda when the real history behind The Birth of a Nation is as relevant?
