Widows’ Best Shot and How it Takes Over the Film Calum Baker November 11, 2018 Analysis, Close-Up, Features, One Off Any conversation about the director Steve McQueen will involve his long shots. It’s impossible to think of Hunger without remembering Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham just chatting for 17 minutes, in...
Widows – Review Jack Blackwell November 6, 2018 Reviews As one of the most rigorous and unflinching auteurs to emerge in the last decade, it would have been hard to guess that Steve McQueen’s fourth feature, Widows – his first since his Oscar-winning 12 Years...
Widows – LFF 2018 Review Jack Blackwell October 11, 2018 Reviews As one of the most rigorous and unflinching auteurs to emerge in the last decade, it would have been hard to guess that Steve McQueen’s fourth feature, Widows – his first since his Oscar-winning 12 Years...
Adapt to Fit: Authors as Screenwriters and the Mechanics of Industry Adaptation Rachel Brook November 18, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features The release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks J.K. Rowling’s first screenwriting credit. Yet authors adapting their own work for the screen is neither a new nor a particularly rare practice....
Gone Girl – Review Olivia Luder October 1, 2014 Reviews It's a tired debate but Gone Girl begs the question: is a faithful adaptation the best adaptation? Gillian Flynn's novel is the mystery du jour, a missing person’s case fit for a pessimistic...