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Tag: Steve McQueen

  • Small Axe: Lovers Rock

    Small Axe: Lovers Rock

    The music is the scent in the air  that changes everything. “I’ve got no time to lie, I’ve got no time to play your silly games,” it croons with a sweet she reggae lilt pairing off the lovers from the pretenders, shedding bodies to kiss and writhe  in adjacent rooms or the nearest alley until…

  • “Widows”: A Heist Film With a Large Detour Thru Character Hell

    “Widows”: A Heist Film With a Large Detour Thru Character Hell

    In Widows the best heist occurs at the beginning of the film and it is fast, smoothly edited, filled with stunning action shots and crashes that flow by seamlessly in one take— and almost every criminal dies. The important one, carried out by the Widows of the first, is brief, choppily edited, has no chase…