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Occupied City review: How does a city survive external control?

This is an epic work from 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen that explores how a city and its people react to civil control under Nazi occupation and, 80 years on, lockdown against a deadly disease, says Simon Ings

By Simon Ings

31 January 2024

Still from Occupied City

Tobogganing in the streets of Amsterdam as an act of citizenship

A24 Films


Steve McQueen
UK, 9 February; US, already released

ARTIST and director Steve McQueen’s documentary Occupied City unfolds at a leisurely pace. Viewers will welcome an intermission after 2 hours. If you need to make a fast getaway, that is your chance – but I’ll bet that you return to your seat.

McQueen, a Londoner, now lives in Amsterdam with his wife Bianca Stigter, a film-maker and historian. The director of 12 Years a Slave and Shame has created another intense work, this time based on…

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