Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen recently exited the festival after the festival director Marek Żydowicz made "deeply offensive" comments about female filmmakers.
Controversy
"Blitz" is the opening night film of the Polish cinematography festival, considered a key Oscar bellwether, and McQueen was to have been the guest of honor.
Thompson on Hollywood
The British filmmaker immerses viewers in the 1940 London bombings as an imperiled mother and her lost nine-year-old son try to reunite. The Apple TV+ original could contend for a bunch of Oscars.
Richard Linklater and Jerry Bruckheimer will also be honored with career-spanning awards.
Middleburg
McQueen's "Blitz" will open the festival October 17.
Trailer
Harris Dickinson, Stephen Graham, and Hayley Squires co-star.
NYFF
The New York Film Festival regular will return to the festival, as his eighth feature to screen at the annual event will close out this year's edition.
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast
Director Steve McQueen and writer Bianca Stigter discuss the ways their documentary of Amsterdam, both now and during World War II, encourages the viewer to wander and wonder.
McQueen on McQueen
The director, after some hesitation, named his favorite film from the same-named screen icon.
The documentary is based on McQueen's partner Bianca Stigter's "Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945)."
While McQueen was dismayed by some of the initial discourse surrounding his slavery drama, he said that he had to put his emotions aside to ensure that more people saw the film.
Cannes
Cannes: “It wasn’t a case of wanting to do something long,” McQueen said. “It was a case of wanting to do something right.”
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