What Should a Slavery Epic Do?If there’s anything the 2010s taught us, it’s that there is no getting these stories right, no honoring with grace the dead and ghosts.
The Oscar Best Picture Nominees As Pie ChartsHow much of Her was Spike Jonze–Sofia Coppola breakup fan fiction? What percentage of The Wolf of Wall Street was Mrs. Doubtfire? Was American Hustle mostly briefcase-pushing?
Lupita Nyong’o, From Unknown to ‘It’ Girl in Less Than a YearSince 12 Years a Slave, she’s become one of the faces of Miu Miu, filmed the upcoming action-thriller Non-Stop with Liam Neeson, and watched live from her hotel room as she was nominated for an Oscar.
Steve McQueen on 12 Years a SlaveThe film’s brutality made its own director look away, but to call it a movie about slavery is, he feels, to miss the point.