‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and getting cancer

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 09:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionat…

‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and living with cancer

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 06:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionat…

I Want to Talk to You by Diana Evans review – a fascinating overview of a writer’s evolution

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 08:28 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

In this collection of social commentary and interviews, the novelist sheds light on the artistic process and her need to help shape the cultural landscape

In the introduction to I Want to Talk to You,…

‘I remember the exhilaration of the crowd and chanting’: artist Steve McQueen on his experience of resistance and protest

found 2025 › Feb › 02 (Sun) @ 11:53 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

For the artist and film director acts of protest were as much a part of growing up as playing in the local park. Here he recalls his first encounters with activism

My first encounter with resistance w…

PETER HITCHENS: Steve McQueen's blockbuster Blitz is propaganda dressed up as historical fact - with racism on every street corner and the Communist Party portrayed as heroes

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

It is hard to beat a good nostalgic war film at this time of year. So I suspect quite a few people may turn to new film Blitz - but what they'll see is London being portrayed as a city of virulent wh…

‘Having a camera back then was special’: Dietmar Busse’s 90s NYC polaroids

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 10:12 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Dietmar Busse’s first major US exhibition showcases the German artist’s time in New York City throughout the 1990s, traveling mostly on bike from Harlem to Brighton Beach. He captured names such as S…