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12 Years a Slave Trailer

There may be no more personal, visceral, or artistic director currently circling the peripheries of mainstream pictures than Steve McQueen. While his newest, 12 Years a Slave, looks to be his most polished to date, his ascendance into this kind … Continue reading

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Actor

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Actor can be a controversial category at times.  Sometimes a supporting performance will be submitted as a lead performance by the distributor either to help boost box office revenue or to increase the actor’s chances … Continue reading

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Shame goes NC-17

Certainly not the most surprising news, Steve McQueen’s upcoming film, Shame, has been slapped with an NC-17 rating by the MPAA. Now that I’ve seen Tomas Alfreson’s masterful Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Shame is the upcoming release that makes me … Continue reading

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Trailer for Steve McQueen’s Shame

Steve McQueen’s Hunger completely blew my mind in 2009. It’s a brooding, grim and aggressive protest movie hat possesses the audacity to prioritize complicated character motivations over a specific message. Enough good things cannot be said about that film. If … Continue reading

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