Steve McQueen – Flicks and Pieces

Lovers Rock Review

While Mangrove kicked off Small Axe – Steve McQueen’s five-part series of films centred on London’s West Indian community – with a powerful look at Black people’s struggle for civil justice and basic human rights, Lovers Rock shifts gear entirely. It acts as a celebration of Black music and culture, transporting us to a 1980s…

Mangrove Review (BFI London Film Festival 2020)

Hunger to Shame, 12 Years a Slave to Widows. It’s the type of run most directors would dream of; Steve McQueen’s done it in his first four films. Clearly not one to rest on his laurels, he follows up his outstanding 2018 heist movie Widows with the Small Axe anthology, a group of five films…

Widows Bitesize Review

“No-one thinks we have the balls to pull this off.”