What does Steve McQueen’s new heist thriller Widows tell us about race and class in contemporary America? Plus Ash Is Purest White, Joy, Support the Girls and Long Day’s Journey into Night.
The BlacKkKlansman director’s nonfiction films earnestly and cathartically portray black vulnerability, showing how those left behind take up the legacy of their dead, writes Kelli Weston.
Spike Lee recounts the true story of a black police officer who went undercover in the KKK in this sweeping, clumsy parable, more concerned with landing jokes than interrogating racial hatred, writes Kelli Weston.
Kevin Macdonald’s documentary chronicles the fall of a woman denied authorship of her own image, while pausing to marvel at her remarkable talent, writes Kelli Weston.
The 25th edition of the Sheffield International Documentary Festival was something of a feast of new nonfiction. We invited five of our contributors in attendance to tip us to their top finds.
Kelli Weston hosts a conversation with Sophie Brown, Simran Hans and Ben Nicholson to discuss some of the picks of this year’s Sheffield documentary festival.
Ryan Coogler’s spectacular film diverges from one tradition while honouring another, in the process becoming a unusually poignant, political entry in the Marvel franchise, writes Kelli Weston.
The Seven and Zodiac director took to the stage at the BFI London Film Festival to discuss his latest riff on the serial-killer genre, working with actors and his changing attitude to the thematics of his films. By Kelli Weston.
In the iconic singer’s visual album, marital infidelity prompts a retreat to a poeticised world of women in the American South, where she rewrites traumas of black history, finds Kelli Weston.