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Cinema
Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson and Phoebe Waller-Bridge bless the Cannes Film Festival this year. Here's a list of our favourites from the selection
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In the final film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy) is taken out of school for being 'educationally subnormal'. But something else is afoot…
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In this anthology series from Widows director Steve McQueen, Small Axe tells five stories set within London's West Indian community. John Boyega and Letitia Wright star
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TV
The penultimate film in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology examines the early life of novelist Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), looking at his time in Brixton shortly before the 1981 Uprising
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In the third Small Axe film from Steve McQueen, John Boyega stars as Leroy Logan, a black officer in the 80s who wanted to eliminate racism in the police
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Cinema
Another entry in Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, Lovers Rock plunges into a heavy, reggae-fuelled house party in 1980 west London
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TV
The first of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology series, Mangrove examines the story of the Mangrove Nine, arrested for protesting police brutality in 1970. Letitia Wright stars
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Cinema
BFI produced an excellent LFF this year, even with the lockdown measures, including the likes of Steve McQueen and Spike Lee. Here's a list of our favourites from the selection
Book Now
Cinema
Boasting big names like Steve McQueen, Spike Lee, David Byrne and Frances McDormand, this looks to be another cracking LFF – even with the Covid-19 restrictions
We love
Cinema
One of our November picks, 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen teams up with writer Gillian Flynn on Widows, a crime drama with an overdue feminist rage
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Cinema
Idris Elba isn't the next James Bond, and Danny Boyle won't direct the film. So who should be involved?
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Gabriel Glarke's new documentary delves into the passions of Hollywood's iconic "King of Cool".