Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Benjamin Clémentine | Harris Dickinson | Kathy Burke | Paul Weller | Saoirse Ronan
Diane says: “Aside from the fact that I misunderstood the premise of the movie, I found BLITZ to have a surprisingly Hollywood (can I say that anymore?) arc, especially compared to director Steve McQueen’s quintet of SMALL AXE. “Led by
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Director: Steve McQueen
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Aiyana Goodfellow | Daniel Francis | Jairaj Varsani | Josette Simon | Kenyah Sandy | Naomi Ackie | Ryan Masher | Sharlene Whyte | Tamara Lawrance
Part of the Small Axe Amazon Prime series. Michael says: “Steve McQueen makes a fairly notable change in the fifth film of his SMALL AXE series, focusing on a 12-year-old boy, and surrounding him largely with women. The shift in
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Antonia Thomas | John Boyega | Joy Richardson | Liam Garrigan | Seroca Davis | Steve Toussaint | Tyrone Huntley
Part of the Small Axe Amazon Prime series Michael says: “Steve McQueen’s mid-point in his collection of films about the West African experience in London is the high point in terms of films in my eyes. RED, WHITE AND BLUE
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Gershwyn Eustache Jnr | Jack Lowdenm Sam Spruell | Letitia Wright | Malachi Kirby | Nathaniel Martello-White | Rochenda Sandall | Shaun Parkes
Part of the Small Axe Amazon Prime series. Michael says: “The first film of McQueen’s SMALL AXE series explores the landmark 1971 trial that exposed anti-black racism by the London police. When Frank Crichlow opened his restaurant, Mangrove, to serve
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn | Daniel Francis-Swaby | Ellis George | Francis Lovehall | Kedar Williams-Stirling | Micheal Ward | Shaniqua Okwok
Part of the SMALL AXE Amazon Prime series. Diane says: “I’ve been wanting to see Steve McQueen’s set of SMALL AXE movies (on Amazon Prime), so natch I picked a short one—only an hour long. LOVERS ROCK is the title,
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Asad-Shareef Muhammad | Ashley McGuire | Elliot Edusah | Fumilayo Brown-Olateju | Jonathan Jules | Robbie Gee | Sheyi Cole
Part of the Small Axe Amazon Prime series Michael says: “Sadly, the penultimate film in McQueen’s quintet is the nadir for me. Perhaps having watched all five in fairly close succession, I was just feeling a little burned out on the
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Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Coburn Goss | Jon Bernthal | Liam Neeson | Manuel Garcia-Rulfo | Michelle Rodriguez | Viola Davis
Brett says: “Steadfast in my stance on this film, no one can tell me that this isn’t a film that is the very definition of a ‘try hard.’ I had high expectations for this with all of the heavy-hitter names
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Alex Manette | Carey Mulligan | James Badge Dale | Michael Fassbender | Nicole Beharie
Michael says: “Michael Fassbender plays Brandon, a successful businessman who lacks any meaningful relationships due to his sexual addiction. His carefully constructed life is thrown into turmoil when his sister Sissy (Mulligan) returns. Despite some high profile awards and some
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Brian Milligan | Liam Cunningham | Liam McMahon | Michael Fassbender | Stuart Graham
Bruce says: “Award winning video artist Steve McQueen makes a stunning directorial debut with his evocative film documenting the conditions leading up to the 1981 hunger strike led by Bobby Sands at Her Majesty’s Maze prison nine miles from Belfast.
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