One of five anthology films directed by Steve McQueen about Black British life in the '60s through '80s, it's a time-machine reverie that lets the music do the talking. In the most transporting scene ...

Director Steve McQueen conjures the sensual atmosphere and freedom of a 1980 house party in Lovers Rock, a feature from his Small Axe anthology for Amazon about London's West Indian community. By ...

IGN serves a global audience, so with Lovers Rock screening at the New York Film Festival, we are publishing our review from Siddhant Adlakha who watched the movie via a digital screener. Read more on ...

Lovers Rock tells a fictional story of young love at a Blues party in 1980. The film is an ode to the romantic reggae genre called "Lovers Rock" and to the Black youth who found freedom and love in ...

Black joy undoubtedly exists. The diaspora would never have survived all that has been thrust upon it without these moments of levity. However, throughout the history of cinema, studios and filmmakers ...

NYFF: The first entry of Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" series to reach audiences is a galvanizing party movie with one helluva dance floor. After drilling into dreary subjects for five movies, Steve ...

If you've seen any of Steve McQueen's work, then you already know that the British filmmaker has got a knack for tackling serious issues and telling powerful stories. But with Lovers Rock, McQueen has ...

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 ...

BAFTA-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen's first Small Axe film aired on BBC One on Sunday Nov. 15 and it's safe to say it left viewers in their feelings. He has directed five new films exploring the ...

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 revelers have West ...