Adelaide Film Festival Review: Blitz
Blitz, Steve McQueen’s story of World War II London is a functional drama illustrating the different ‘Londons’ suffering under the terrifying blitzkrieg bombing by the Luftwaffe. Blitz is not the leve…
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NYFF Review: Blitz Marks Rare Misstep for Steve McQueen
Until now, Steve McQueen has never taken his audience for granted. With Blitz, however, he’s done just that, presuming the story of a mother and son searching for each other amidst the chaos of WWII t…
Small Axe Review - One of the Best Pieces of Filmmaking from 2020
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Small Axe is the latest creative work from filmmaker Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director of Hunger, Shame, 12…
64th BFI London Film Festival - Day Ten: New Order, Small Axe, Ammonite
The final day at LFF2020 brings the Silver Lion award-winning New Order, another instalment of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe film series, Lovers Rock, and closing night film Ammonite, starring Kate Winsle…
64th BFI London Film Festival Diary - Day One: Mangrove, Relic, Shirley Reviews
It is the first day of LFF and I take a look at Steve McQueen’s Mangrove, rural-set Australian horror Relic, and Elizabeth Moss in biopic Shirley. Mangrove “The United Kingdom is not a racist count…
A Preview of the 64th BFI London Film Festival: Steve McQueen, Frances McDormand, and a Bit of Talking Heads
During turbulent times we find ourselves turning to art to help escape our woes, but we also count on it to help us understand and reflect on the large and nebulous forces at play that have so upended…