Steve McQueen Archive
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‘Homefront,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on November 27, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Is Jason Statham the new Sylvester Stallone? I’d always imagined him as the new Steve McQueen. But Stallone took this script down off the shelf, taking credits as writer […] -
’12 Years a Slave,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on October 16, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” is the year’s most powerful film, an arthouse masterpiece which demands to be seen – and which will punch mainstream audiences in the […] -
The scourge of Oscar pundits
Posted on September 30, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Here’s what I loved about this year’s Emmy Awards: Well, nothing, really – I didn’t watch them. I avoid award shows like they were herpes – and they tend […] -
New York Film Festival: 51 and counting
Posted on September 27, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com The 51st New York Film Festival kicks off tonight, with a lineup that runs the gamut from mainstream action (“Captain Phillips”) to Spike Jonze’s latest, “Her” (his first since […] -
‘Django Unchained,’ ‘ZD30’: What exactly are we arguing about?
Posted on February 1, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com When I was in college, I once interviewed the late Rupert Crosse, an African-American actor who got an Oscar nomination for a 1969 film called “The Reivers,” whose star […] -
‘Safe,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Boaz Yakin’s “Safe” is high-octane silliness, a movie whose individual parts are greater than their sum. The plot, in a script Yakin wrote, pulls in strands of everything from […] -
Shame reviewed by Armond White for CitArts
Posted on February 19, 2012 | No CommentsBy Armond White This exclusive CityArts series will chart recent releases that failed to to get Oscar nominations. Yet, just like the Oscar-nominated fare, these movies are not a part […] -
‘Shame,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com The fact that the dim-witted and near-sighted MPAA has slapped an NC-17 rating on Steve McQueen’s “Shame” implies that there is something prurient about this film, whose central figure […]