NEW YORK — For Steve McQueen, bringing back the London of his childhood began with remembering the scents of his youth. In “Small Axe,” McQueen’s ambitious five-film anthology about London’s West Indian community, the “12 Years a Slave” director resurrects the British capital in the decades before its multicultural present, tracing the Caribbean immigrant experience through the racism of the …
All of Steve McQueen’s films in his Small Axe anthology will play on the BBC and Amazon in November In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology is an unqualified main event. “You look back to look forward, and also to judge how far we’ve come.” The scope of McQueen’s achievement has been gradually …
NEW YORK — In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology is an unqualified main event. “You look back to look forward, and also to judge how far we’ve come.” The scope of McQueen’s achievement has been gradually coming into focus during the New York Film Festival. They paved the foundation for multicultural London …
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