Among the extras offered on the Blu-ray will be "A Historical Portrait ... By Scott Feinberg 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen‘s big screen version of 19th century American slave Solomon Northup ...

By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast, THR.com Fox Searchlight’s 12 Years a Slave doesn’t hit theaters until Friday, but it’s already been highly praised by critics, with the film ...

Steve McQueen jumps with joy after accepting the Oscar for Best Picture for his work on "12 Years a Slave" Reuters Major props to the Oscars for acknowledging “12 Years a Slave” as the the ...

The new movie 12 Years a Slave has been receiving high praise — critic David Denby recently described it in The New Yorker as "easily the greatest feature film ever made about American slavery." ...

The opening scenes of "12 Years a Slave," Steve McQueen's searing adaptation of the true-life account of a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War South ...

In 12 Years a Slave, McQueen immerses viewers in the magnolia-scented hell to which Northup was exiled. You will recoil at every whiplash, feel each slur, wonder at man’s inhumanity to men and ...

And that applies even to the pained and beautiful landscape of “12 Years a Slave,” his third and most celebrated feature, which has been described by its many admirers and few detractors as a ...

The searing drama “12 Years a Slave” was named best picture at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night. The story of Solomon Northup, a free African-American man who was kidnapped and sold ...

That image, which I would argue is the central image of “12 Years a Slave,” illustrates the contradictions on which the economy of the South was created, that all of that verdant beauty was ...