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
September 2022
Cultural prescription
Get bent: music, film, books and more about corruption
From murky goings-on within Fifa to warring media scions, our critics select culture that delights in degradation
June 2022
Merry widows? How attitudes to bereaved women have changed
Societies around the world have always had a problem with a wife who belongs to no one. But what does the term even mean in the modern era?
October 2021
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
The Harder They Fall to Widows: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Jonathan Majors squares up against Idris Elba in a fun, gritty western, and Viola Davis shines in Steve McQueen’s heist caper
March 2021
Women have yet to achieve pension equality
Letters: The system fails to take in to account the contribution women make through non-paid work, writes one reader
February 2019
Baftas 2019: backstage with Olivia Colman, Spike Lee and Rachel Weisz - in pictures
Is Liam Neeson cancelled? Of course not - he's played this character for years
Steve Rose
January 2019
My Oscar goes to... Our film critics reveal their personal shortlists
Bafta nominations 2019: The Favourite is queen but Steve McQueen snubbed
December 2018
Steve McQueen: 'I experience racism every day'
Mutant bears, flying heads and chainsaw duels: the best movie moments of 2018
Top UK films 2018
The 50 best films of 2018 in the UK: No 8 – Widows
Top US films 2018
The 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 10 – Widows
And the 2018 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw's films of the year
Box office analysis: UK
Ralph Breaks the Internet KO's Creed II at UK box office
Top US films 2018
The 50 best movies of 2018 in the US: the full list
Top UK films 2018
The 50 best films of 2018 in the UK: the full list
November 2018
Box office analysis: UK
JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts trample the Grinch at UK box office
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald debuts in the top slot, though takings are down from first film in Harry Potter spinoff
Widows: why Steve McQueen's slick thriller is an art-pop triumph
The artist-turned-director makes a move to the mainstream with a star-studded heist thriller yet smartly embeds it with deft social commentary
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Widows review – Steve McQueen delivers an outstanding heist thriller
A dream cast, led by Viola Davis on Oscar-worthy form, have a field day in McQueen’s inspired reworking of Lynda La Plante’s 80s TV drama
