Edwin Arnaudin is a staff writer for Mountain Xpress. He also reviews films for ashevillemovies.com and is a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) and North Carolina Film Critics ...

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 its ...

Director Sir Steve McQueen has said "things are changing" for black British filmmakers, after Lovers Rock was named film of the year by the BFI-backed publication Sight & Sound. The second in Sir ...

"It’s their church, where they can be totally and absolutely themselves and understood," says the director of the party scene he crafted in his latest film from 'Small Axe' The ritual of a night out, ...