The Tao of Steve

Easygoing romantic comedy about an unlikely ladies' man.

"...Jaroslaw, John Hines and Selby Craig. The Tao of Steve has been getting a lot of attention lately, most..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Steve Davis' Top 10 List

"...Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), J.C. Chandor (All Is..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Widows

Viola Davis leads an efficient heist that rarely blows the doors off

"...Directed by: Steve McQueen. Starring: Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shame

Exquisite control and spasmed anguish mark the performances of Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in this dark, NC-17-rated story about a sex addict.

"...Directed by: Steve McQueen. Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale,..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sex Addiction and the City

Steve McQueen on Shame's New York state of mind

"...Directed by Brit Steve McQueen (Hunger, also starring Fassbender), Shame is heady, subversive..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Thomas Crown Affair

"...manner? Not only is it a remake of a Steve McQueen film, which automatically puts two strikes against it,..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Review: Blitz

Steve McQueen’s history of the London air raids misses the target

"...Mendez had 1917, Christopher Nolan had Dunkirk, and now Steve McQueen has Blitz...."

Oct. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Great Escape

One of the all-time great action movies also features an all-star international cast. Steve McQueen is unforgettable as the "Cooler King" in the drama about an Allied prisoner escape from a Nazi POW camp.

"...Directed by: John Sturges. Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough,..."

Jan. 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Getaway

The story comes from Jim Thompson’s book, and the screenplay was written by Walter Hill. The star wattage is all McQueen and MacGraw, while the propulsion is all Peckinpah.

"...Directed by: Sam Peckinpah. Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Bo Hopkins, Sally Struthers,..."

Nov. 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...of the year, both already gaining Oscar speculation: The Steve McQueen directed, Gillian Flynn-penned remake of British crime drama..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Papillon

New adaptation of Henri Charrière's autobiographical novel of life on Devil's Island

"...not one of them was familiar with the 1973 Steve McQueen/Dustin Hoffman prison epic Papillon. So that means that..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Hart's War

"...this film threatens to overshadow either Otto Preminger or Steve McQueen at their wartime best. At the same time,..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Escape

"...Crips and Zendik Farm, if you ask me. Like Steve McQueen before him, Liotta's fallen Marine yearns to breathe..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Getaway

"...remake of the 1972 Peckinpah gem lacks the Ali McGraw/Steve McQueen heart and soul of the original, opting instead..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Full Contact

"...love for a well-placed exit wound. China's answer to Steve McQueen, the suavely inscrutable Chow Yun-Fat, stars here as..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...Austin Film Festival, including Alexander Payne's The Descendants and Steve McQueen's Shame...."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

12 Years a Slave

Brutal yet elegant, Steve McQueen's latest is a beautifully rendered punch to the gut about the most shameful chapter in American history.

"...Directed by: Steve McQueen. Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, Benedict..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Birth of the Dragon

Bruce Lee: the early years

"...for the film’s centerstage subplot that has Lee’s student Steve McKee (Magnussen, riffing a bulkier version of real-life Lee..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blitz

Steve McQueen's history of the London air raids misses the target

"...Directed by: Steve McQueen. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Steve McQueen: The Actor and His Films

Gift Guide: Coffee-table Steve McQueen

"...Steve McQueen: The Actor and His Filmsby Andrew Antoniades and..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Occupied City

A portrait of Amsterdam now and under Nazi occupation

"...Directed by: Steve McQueen...."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A League of Their Own

"...AC: You did Tom Horn with Steve McQueen, which turned out to be one of his..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...phone call summoning him to Hollywood to meet with Steve McQueen. At first he didn't want to go. Talking..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Kimberley Jones' Top 10 List

"...Spike Jonze (Her), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), J.C. Chandor (All Is..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Bullitt

"...Directed by: Peter Yates. Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Duvall, Don Gordon,..."

July 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Zulu Dawn

"...with Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don..."

April 2, 1999 Screens Feature

Austin Film Festival Drops 20th Anniversary Lineup

'Inside Llewyn Davis' takes center stage

"...See also: Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, and Michael Fassbender (Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave); Idris Elba (Mandela: Long..."

Sept. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Rescue Dawn

German arthouse director Werner Herzog tells the story of Navy air pilot and POW Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) and proves that he is capable – like his characters – of almost anything.

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Teerawat Mulvilai, Kriangsak Ming-olo, Zach Grenier,..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Magnificent Seven

Revisionist remake stars a diverse rainbow coalition

"...vibrant cast starring Yul Brynner and the then-relatively-little-known actors Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Robert Vaughn lent..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cheap Thrills

This grisly, dark comedy is last year's winner of Fantastic Fest's Midnighters Audience Award.

"...Hitchcock Presents that starred the improbably perfect duo of Steve McQueen and Peter Lorre. Cinematographers Andrew Wheeler and Sebastian..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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