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- The standard, expected beats and tropes are hit, but what happens within those elements makes the film so powerful and so rewarding. The lead actors also step up their game here, with each getting juicy dramatic moments that linger long after the credits roll.
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Dec 10, 2020 · Unaware of an infamous report that had designated West Indian children as educationally subnormal, Kingsley’s proud, hard-working mother (a very fine Sharlene Whyte), is initially reluctant to ...
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Nov 27, 2020 · The first two films in writer-producer-director Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series — Mangrove and Lovers Rock — are wildly different in terms of their style, their energy, their intent.
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May 4, 2023 · It’s a truly moving, excellent documentary, and it’s especially interesting to see it in the context of “Small Axe” because one can see how interviews like these influenced McQueen’s films from the anger of “Mangrove” to the vibe of “Lovers Rock” and through all five films.
Dec 21, 2020 · Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe,” an anthology of five films centered on the lives of Black people in Britain, won best picture from the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. on Sunday.
Nov 20, 2020 · Steve McQueen has made searingly powerful films about historical injustice, from slavery in the American South to a 1981 hunger strike in a Northern Irish prison. But only now has he dramatized ...
Dec 8, 2020 · Culture. A guide to Steve McQueen’s Small Axe, the greatest film series you’ll see this year. The groundbreaking anthology of stories about London’s West Indian community premiered November 20 on...
Dec 4, 2020 · “Red, White and Blue” is the third episode of Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” series to be screened at the New York Film Festival. It follows “Mangrove” and “Lovers Rock,” the first and second installments respectively. This is the fifth and final one.
