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Widows director Sir Steve McQueen: My dad's death saved my life

Sir Steve McQueen has revealed how his dad's death prompted a change in attitude.

BANG Premier · Apr 5, 2025

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

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 disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save…

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025

Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62

The writer, who found success with young adult novels, inspired one of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films which was based on the author’s childhood

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025

Resistance review – a captivating century of protest and photography

Turner Contemporary, MargateMarches, strikes and other acts of defiance covering causes from anti-fascism to the Iraq war are captured in compelling detail in an exhibition conceived by Steve McQueen

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025

Nihilistic, anarchic, repugnant: Sam Peckinpah’s 10 best films – ranked!

The revered but divisive American director, who died in 1984, would have turned 100 this week. We rate his greatest movies, from Straw Dogs to The Wild Bunch

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2025

‘It’s now part of my life’: Stephen Graham on shredding to be a buff boxer in A Thousand Blows

The latest creation from Steven Knight tells the story of the illegal and brutal boxing scene in Victorian Britain. Stars Stephen Graham, Malachi Kirby and Erin Doherty talk thievery, brawling and broccoli

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2025

A hunger strike to force the release of my friend Alaa Abd el-Fattah – it’s the ultimate weapon of the powerless

In prison, Alaa taught me the power of this form of resistance. His mother, Laila Soueif, and I have used it to challenge Downing Street, says campaigner Peter Greste

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

Steve McQueen says creative industries are undervalued in modern Britain

‘It’s one of the few things we’re actually good at,’ the director said

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025

Grenfell exhibition by Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen promises tragedy will ‘never be forgotten’

Fire claimed 72 lives including the deaths of 18 children

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Jamie Foxx shares big ‘problem’ Leonardo DiCaprio had with Django Unchained

‘When Leo came in the next day, he didn’t speak,’ Foxx revealed

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025