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The second Small Axe standout is an intimate, largely real-time study of a living-room reggae rager awash in anxious, exuberant sensations, drenched in sweat, and pheromones... Lovers Rock ...
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On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 98% based on 103 reviews, with an average rating of 8.79/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "A singular viewing experience that perfectly captures a moment in time, Lovers Rock is a lovingly-crafted ode to Black joy."
Sep 17, 2020 · In the most transporting scene of Steve McQueen’s “Lovers Rock,” we’re at a London house party that has just hit its smoky seductive dirty-dancing groove. It’s 1980, and most of the ...
But Mr. Shabazz conveys a love of the music and its culture. The Story of Lovers Rock, an unapologetically single-minded appeal for the legacy of this music, is amateurish but appealingly...
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Lovers Rock is a lyrical, emotive glimpse at the hidden world of West Indian house parties in the 1980s, one that entrances the viewer as it pulls back the curtain. Full Review | Aug 28, 2021
Dec 7, 2020 · Set almost entirely at a party for the duration of a night, Lovers Rock weaves together the multiple themes and stories of West Indians in London, as told by a vibrant house party. The thread that holds them together, a budding romance between a young Martha and Franklyn.
Lovers Rock. Suffused with the intoxicating sounds of reggae, dub, and Lovers Rock, the second installment in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series unfolds over the course of one rapturous night into dawn in early-1980s West London, as a young woman (the luminous Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn) sneaks out to attend a house party.
