Our favourite new releases from this year, featuring Spike Lee, Chloé Zhao, Josephine Decker and more.
By Aaron Hunt
A West Indian boy comes up against a racist educational system in the final film of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series.
By Rogan Graham
The striking fourth episode in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology depicts the difficult blossoming of an artist.
John Boyega tackles institutional bigotry within the Metropolitan Police in Steve McQueen’s searing anti-racism drama.
Steve McQueen delivers a sublime party film for the ages in the second instalment of his Small Axe series.
By Aaron Hunt
The director reflects on the making of his triumphant ode to Black culture and resilience, Small Axe.
By Rogan Graham
Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology kicks off with this searing court room drama about the Mangrove Nine trial.
At the 64th BFI London Film Festival, three films provided a timely addition to discourse ignited by the Black Lives Matter movement.
John Boyega astonishes in Steve McQueen’s exploration of systemic racism in London’s Met police force.
By Rogan Graham
Steve McQueen’s film about the Mangrove Nine trial is a masterful evocation of political determination.
A.I., American Psycho and Bamboozled all make the final part of our list – but what will come out on top?
The first instalment in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series is a soulful love letter to the West Indian dance scene in West London.
The first of five films from the director’s Small Axe anthology will screen for free to audiences across the UK.
Small Axe sees the actor-activist play a London police officer trying to change the system from the inside.
Steve McQueen, Wes Anderson and Im Sang-soo were all set to compete at this year’s festival.
Our annual countdown of the movies that made the biggest impression on us this year, from Hereditary to The House That Jack Built.
Steve McQueen delivers the goods with a heist thriller about four women who take extreme measures to pay back a debt.
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