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Shame

Shame

Steve McQueen's second directorial effort is an unflinching portrayal of sex addiction

(5 stars)5 Jan 2012

(18) 101min Sexual imagery oozes from every blockbuster and frat boy comedy, but serious discussion rather than cheap titillation is a rarity. Cinema actually finds it hard to confront sex, partly because the American censorship board takes such a…

Director Steve McQueen discusses latest film Shame

Director Steve McQueen discusses latest film Shame

Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan star in story of sex addiction

5 Jan 2012

‘When I first heard of the notion of sex addicts I laughed,’ says Steve McQueen. ‘Then I did a bit of research. It’s very similar to an alcoholic that drinks a litre of whisky a day.’ The artist and director is talking about his new film Shame, an…

Steve McQueen: King of Cool

Steve McQueen: King of Cool

Six of the best movies by the coolest American screen actor

17 Aug 2010

Arguably the coolest American screen actor of the last 50 years, McQueen gets his six of the best to help us make it through another damp August. Highlights include Love with the Proper Stranger – actor/director Robert Mulligan’s misguided but…

Filmhouse Steve McQueen screens selection of actor's finest films

Filmhouse Steve McQueen screens selection of actor's finest films

Papillon, Love with the Proper Stranger and Bullit among highlights

10 Aug 2010

Arguably the coolest American screen actor of the last 50 years, McQueen gets his six of the best to help us make it through another damp August. Highlights include brutal prison drama Papillon, Love with the Proper Stranger – actor/director Robert…

Hunger

Hunger

Protest picture

30 Oct 2008

'Were you out last night my friend?' 'Is it that obvious?' I say pulling down a wrinkled lower eyelid to expose an eye as bloodshot as those of the two men opposite me. They are hot young actor Michael Fassbender - all fair brown hair, blue eyes, slight…

Cannes Diary

Cannes Diary

22 May 2008

The start of the Cannes 2008 film festival was dominated by two films that delve into the recent past to raise pertinent and timely questions about how the State deals with those they consider terrorists. Billed as cinema’s first animated documentary…

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