The post Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock Is a Reggae-Filled Celebration of Black Joy: NYFF Review appeared first on Consequence of Sound. The Pitch: In London’s West Indian community in 1980, a house ...

Writer-director Steve McQueen’s five-part anthology, Small Axe, has already captivated Black cinephiles around the globe. The first two films — Mangrove and Lovers Rock — are wildly different, but ...

Steve McQueen‘s Small Axe, a series of five films about the West Indian experience in the UK in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, is currently airing on Amazon/BBC. The second Small Axe film, Lovers Rock, just ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In August, it will be 50 years since Jamaica gained Independence from Britain. Today, the Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment section reflects on the influence Jamaican pop culture has had on that ...

Even ten years removed, it's virtually impossible to write about UK singer Estelle without mentioning 2008's "American Boy." She's both cool and over it. "Where's 'American Boy part two'? I still get ...

Lovers Rock, a part of the Small Axe anthology, which comprises of five original films by Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen, aired via BBC One on Sunday. An ode to ...

Vivian Jones, a pioneer of British lovers rock reggae, died on October 27 at age 68. His death was confirmed through postings on social media and the German website, reggaeville.com. The Trelawny-born ...

Steve McQueen’s new “Small Axe” anthology includes a film that centers on an offshoot of reggae that represented big shifts in the music, and in Black British culture. By Jeremy Gordon The lovesick ...

A song needs to be exceptional if it’s going to occupy 10 minutes of a 69-minute movie. Steve McQueen’s “Lovers Rock,” one film in the Oscar-nominated director’s five-part “Small Axe” anthology series ...