Cinematographer Shabier Kirchner shot all five films in the “Small Axe” anthology, working alongside director Steve McQueen. “Lovers Rock,” now streaming on Amazon, is the second film in the anthology ...

Usually, I’m the first to fall asleep in front of the TV during a popular Sunday evening drama. But I stayed wide awake during the second installment of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series, Lovers Rock.

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 ...

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 ...

All of which is consistent with McQueen’s particular mission in Small Axe — even as Lovers Rock stands out in part for adhering less closely to straight narrative than the other films here. The ...

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 ...

The five films in Steve McQueen’s anthology series Small Axe explore police brutality, institutional racism, and the politics of protest. But they also celebrate a vibrant West Indian immigrant ...

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 ...

“Don’t forget, in those days, people used to work for the weekend,” Steve McQueen says of the era he depicts in Lovers Rock. “With this racism and oppression people had to deal with in the week — ...

Lovers rock doesn’t ask for your permission. When the music saunters through the speakers, your shoulders give way to an easy sway before the rest of your body notices. The groove then takes hold and, ...

This is a mini review of a movie that deserves a mountain of superlatives. This is a mini review of a movie that deserves a mountain of superlatives. Part of Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" series on ...