If you’ve seen “Hunger,” “Shame,” or his Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave,” you know that director Steve McQueen has a singular gift for plunging viewers into his characters’ central nervous systems, ...
After the rave explosion of the '90s, things quieted down on the dance music front in the early 2000s. With major crackdowns on both sides of the Atlantic, the scene retreated back to the clubs.
This is a mini review of a movie that deserves a mountain of superlatives. This is a mini review of a movie that deserves a mountain of superlatives. Part of Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" series on ...
We’re approaching the time of year when critics are releasing their “best of” lists. My “Movies 101” partners and I will be doing the same sometime in the coming weeks. For now, though, I want to talk ...
Steve McQueen's upcoming film Lovers Rocks airs on BBC One Sunday, November 22, as part of his Small Axe anthology series exploring the Black experience in Britain during the 60s and 80s. The new film ...
In his new BBC series, Small Axe, Steve McQueen has pushed the boundaries of Black representation on television in many ways but casting two black leads in the romance story Lovers Rock is one of the ...