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On a stratospheric rise to stardom Letitia Wright has won the hearts of fans and critics alike as the iconic Shuri in Marvel's Black Panther, alongside a range of other cult roles in everything from Top Boy, to Steve McQueen's Small Axe, Black Mirror, Doctor Who, and working with Steven Spielberg in Ready Player One. She's done this all before the age of 30. Speaking with Tom, she explains how she's always gravitated towards stories that in turn have had an impact on her own life and internal growth – including her new film, Surrounded – and shares the plot twist moments and people that have inspired this incredible journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The term “polymath” is unquestionably overused, and often just plain wrong, but it suits the multi-hyphenate British designer, creative director, and artist Samuel Ross, whose hard-to-pin-down practice spans high fashion, streetwear, painting, sculpture, installation, stage design, sound design, product and furniture design, experimental film, and street art. Best known for founding the Brutalism-tinged fashion label A-Cold-Wall, which sits at the nexus of streetwear and high fashion, and for his work, earlier in his career, with the late Virgil Abloh, Ross also runs the industrial design studio SR_A and has collaborated with brands including Nike, Converse, and Timberland. On this week's episode of Time Sensitive, he talks about notions of ritual, essence, and alchemy; how his work straddles the line between the organic and the synthetic; and why he always thinks in threes.Special thanks to our Season 7 sponsor, Van Cleef & Arpels.Show notes: [03:59] “Samuel Ross: Coarse” at Friedman Brenda[06:41] Glenn Adamson[22:48] Hettie Judah's Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones[27:45] Vitsoe 606 Shelving System[30:46] Virgil Abloh[37:02] “Samuel Ross: Land” at White Cube[42:05] Rhea Dillon[46:24] Sondra Perry's Typhoon Coming On[46:43] Christina Sharpe's In the Wake[46:46] Saidiya Hartman's Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments[50:30] Steve McQueen's Small Axe[52:41] John Berger[58:19] 2wnt4[58:53] Pyrex Vision[58:55] Kanye West[58:56] Donda[01:04:09] A-Cold-Wall[01:05:46] Jerry Lorenzo[01:09:25] Black British Artist Grants[01:12:22] SR_A[01:12:50] “Fashion Design: Samuel Ross/A-Cold-Wall” at the V&A Museum[01:13:22] Grace Wales Bonner[01:13:54] Mac Collins[01:13:59] Nifemi Marcus-Bello[01:20:44] David Drake
Peter Sobczynski is back to talk the latest and greatest in physical media. They range from the highs of Steve McQueen's Small Axe series to the lows (in Peter's estimation) of Ruben Ostlund's latest. Indies you may have missed like Holy Spider and Return to Seoul. Both him and Erik Childress reflect on the world of one of television's greatest sitcoms as well as a new Jackie Chan collection and a 4K of sci-fi David Bowie. They also take an extended look at some oddball offerings from Kino including a 1980s film remembered (by Erik at least) for its use of blackjack and credit cards as well as a most unusual Dennis Hopper film starring Jodie Foster with plenty of behind-the-scenes drama and a lot of on-screen weirdness. 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Criterion (Small Axe, Triangle of Sadness) 9:27 - Arrow Films (The Assassination Bureau, Lover's Lane) 18:07 - Warner Archive (Storm Warning) 21:16 - Sandpiper (Stanley and Iris, Kid Galahad) 27:20 - Mubi (Holy Spider) 29:33 - Sony (Return to Seoul) 31:15 - Paramount (Cheers: The Complete Series) 34:23 - Lions Gate (The Man Who Fell to Earth (4K)) 39:09 - Kino (The New Godfathers, Terminal Invasion, WHAAM! BLAM! Roy Lichtenstein and the Art of Appropriation, Woodcutters of the Deep South / Working Together, Backtrack, The Big Bus, Heat (1986)) 1:13:11 - Shout! Factory (Jackie Chan Collection, The: Vol. 2 (1983-1993)) 1:18:47 – New Blu-ray Announcements 1:21:09 - Outro
Netflix's new social-thriller The Strays tells the story of a light-skinned Black woman's meticulously crafted life of privilege starts to unravel when two strangers show up in her quaint suburban town.Starring Bukky Bakray, Ashley Madekwe and Jordan Myrie, the film is the directorial debut of actor/playwright Nathaniel Martello-White. With stand out roles in Sky series Guerrilla, Steve McQueen's Small Axe series, and with his powerful play Blackta debuting at the Young Vic in 2012, we discuss how Nathaniel's career has prepared him for his seat in the director's chair. The Strays is available to watch on Netflix now
The perfect companion to Steve McQueen's Small Axe!
Throughout the summer, we are revisiting the very best of the podcast during the last year.In this episode - it's movie week; the author Colin Grant discusses Steve McQueen's Small Axe and the Academy Award-winning Nomadland starring Frances McDormand, Yoojin Grace Wuertz talks us through the Korean American Dream film Minari, and Clifford Thompson reviews Regina King's directorial debut One Night in Miami - which sees Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown and Cassius Clay gather for a heated debate.A special subscription offer for TLS podcast listeners: www.the-tls.co.uk/buy/podProducer: Ben Mitchell See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this final review of Steve McQueen's Small Axe series, we discuss how black children with (and without) learning differences are unfairly targeted and disregarded by educational professionals who are quick to dismiss our children, especially black boys as, inept, lazy, and difficult.
Our guest is actor John Boyega, who recently played police officer Leroy Logan in “Red, White and Blue,” which is part of Steve McQueen's “Small Axe” anthology series. Boyega talks about his relationship with his dad, moving on from the "Stars Wars" trilogy, using his platform to highlight social injustice and working in Hollywood. For more exclusive awards season coverage, visit latimes.com/envelope and sign up for our Envelope newsletter. Guest photo courtesy of Getty.
Author, actor, poet and hip-hop pioneer Saul Williams — who stars in and scores Charles Officer's Akilla's Escape, now available on VOD across North America — takes the mic for Lovers Rock, the second and best feature in Steve McQueen's Small Axe film cycle. Your genial host Norm Wilner thinks you'll enjoy this one.
Last year's hybrid New York Film Festival was an oasis amid the movie desert of the pandemic, but we sorely missed seeing the selections in the dark of Film at Lincoln Center's theaters. So we were overjoyed when a “redux” version of the festival was announced for this summer, with much of the 2020 lineup playing on the big screen. To dig into the highlights of this encore edition and the films that must be seen big (or seen again,) we sat down with FLC programmer Dan Sullivan and curator and critic Steve Macfarlane. We discussed some underseen gems from the Revivals section, including William Klein's Muhammad Ali: The Greatest and Marie-Claude Treilhou's Simone Barbes or Virtue, and went long on Paul Felten and Joe DeNardo's Slow Machine and some standout episodes from Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology.
Welcome back to Somewhere To Believe In! We're calling this series ‘Keeping the faith' because this time around we're having no-holds-barred conversations with people who get stuck in BECAUSE of what they believe.Arguably, no one has done more to keep the faith than our first guest; former superintendent in the Met police, man-on-a-mission to change a racist police system from within, subject of one of Steve McQueen's Small Axe films and general truth-to-power-speaker, Leroy Logan.We talk about Leroy's incredible life. From some of his formative years being spent as a young boy in Jamaica seeing Black people in positions of power to his short career in science and his ultimate ‘calling' to the police force – a decision which resulted in him joining the ranks of the officers who beat-up his father, and a decades-long mission to call out toxic police culture and replace it with love, respect, service and care.Plus, a lot has happened since we last had a podcast chat, so Katherine and Paul get us up-to-date on all things Greenbelt Festival, Prospect Farm and – most importantly – which lockdown hobbies have stuck and which haven't.Links, resources and episode timestamps (for all you skippers out there) below.____ABOUT LEROY LOGANDr Leroy Logan MBE is a former superintendent in the Metropolitan police. He retired in 2013 after 30 years' service. He is also a former chair and founding member of the Black Police Association. Leroy is one of the UK's most highly decorated and well known black police officers. A highly respected and well regarded commentator on policing in black communities, he believes that there is still much work to do in creating a more equitable and fair criminal justice system.Website | Twitter | Book___LINKS AND RESOURCESLeroy Logan's book ‘Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop'Small Axe: Red, White and BlueBlack Police AssociationMacpherson report: what was it and what impact did it have?VOYAGE (Voice of the Youth and Genuine Empowerment) PROGRAMMEDamilola Taylor investigation and reportStephen Lawrence Steering GroupCommission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: The ReportPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillParm Sandhu speaking on Channel 4 News about racism in the MET____00:00 - Welcome to Somewhere To Believe In00:56 - Katherine and Paul catch up04:25 - Katherine and Paul on cancelling Greenbelt Festival (again)07:10 - Katherine and Paul on Prospect Farm08:45 - Katherine and Paul on why we're not doing a digital festival this year09:44 - Introducing Leroy Logan11:39 - Leroy joins the conversation12:37 - Leroy on East London13:16 - Leroy on moving to Jamaica15:59 - Leroy on growing up16:30 - Leroy on faith and policing19:40 - Leroy on feeling called to join the police22:30 - Leroy on hostile environments and standing up to make a difference25:46 - Leroy on racist and toxic police culture31:30 - Leroy on George Floyd and Derek Chauvin37:48 - Leroy on reflecting, learning and improving42:40 - Leroy on Steve McQueen's Small Axe series46:35 - Leroy on speaking for those who don't have a voice48:56 - Leroy on police and protest53:03 - Katherine and Paul reflect on the conversation with Leroy59:52 - Katherine and Paul on protecting your right to protest1:01:40 - Next week on the podcast1:02:27 - How to get in touch with us1:03:05 - Thank you's____A huge thanks to the Greenbelt Volunteer Talks Team for all their hard work on editing this episode. Our podcast music is ‘I Can Change' by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.____https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/#SomewhereToBelieveIn See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Join host Tim Kash (The IMDB Show, MTV News) as he sits down with the cast and creators of your favorite Amazon Originals and goes behind the scenes of shows like Alan Ball's “Uncle Frank”, Bess Kalb's “Yearly Departed”, Steve McQueen's “Small Axe” and Eric Kripke's “The Boys.” Ambie-nominated Prime Video Presents returns on May 6th.
'Major sleaze' jibe: PM thunders he paid for Downing Street flat refurb'Cash for curtains': PM to be 'ultimate arbiter' of investigation into himselfNorthern Ireland: Arlene Foster resigns as DUP leader and First MinisterBooster jabs: UK secures 60 million Pfizer doses for autumn Covid liveblog: UK to stand by India in its 'hour of need', Hancock pledgesAnalysis: Why India is suffering so much from Covid-19 and what the world must learn from itBafta nominations: Steve McQueen's Small Axe series recognised after 'So White' accusations100 days mini-documentary: Biden is failing to dismantle Trump's legacySussexes on Spotify: Will Joe Rogan’s vaccine advice make Meghan and Harry regret deal?Read all these articles and stay expertly informed anywhere, anytime with a digital subscription. Start your free one-month trial today to gain unlimited website and app access. Cancel anytime. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3v8HLez.
Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Jourdain Searles to discuss Steve McQueen's Small Axe (primarily Lovers Rock and Mangrove), which is now on Amazon Prime. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time, all new Patreon supporters will receive a free Blu-ray/DVD. After becoming a contributor, e-mail podcast@thefilmstage.com for an up-to-date list of available films. The Film Stage Show is supported by MUBI, a curated streaming service showcasing exceptional films from around the globe. Every day, MUBI premieres a new film. Whether it's a timeless classic, a cult favorite, or an acclaimed masterpiece — it's guaranteed to be either a movie you've been dying to see or one you've never heard of before and there will always be something new to discover. Try it for free for 30 days at mubi.com/filmstage.
In the first episode of 2021, we revisit a favorite director of ours, and take a look at Steve McQueen's new project, Small Axe: which features 5 stories all surrounding immigrants, first and second generation, all hailing from the West Indies. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week 14:52 Question Time 23:18 Mangrove 36:58 Lovers Rock 48:32 Red, White and Blue 1:01:16 Alex Wheatle 1:06:55 Education 1:16:01 Outro and Movie Picks for Next Week
Rod and Justin review "Mangrove" from Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" series. We also discuss your feedback for "Project Power."
Rod and Justin review "Lovers Rock" from Steve McQueen's "Small Axe."
Rod and Justin review the 4th movie in Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" series, "Alex Wheatle."
THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture We're back for another show of television talk. Two months ago, we announced that we were launching a new format for Next Best Series. Much like Next Best Theatre, members of the NBP team get together once a month to talk about what television shows they're currently watching or re-watching. This month's show we''re discussing hit shows such as Netflix's "The Crown” and Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" anthology on Prime Video (and the debate of TV vs. film that the series has sparked amongst cinephiles). We also recap some of our favorite television shows of 2020 as we say goodbye to this landmark year in television history. Joining me for this episode we have Michael Schwartz & Ryan C. Showers. We encourage everyone to give us feedback on this new format and let us know what you think. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture
In this episode of For Your Consideration Carolyn and James talk about the first episode of Steve McQueen's Small Axe series Mangrove. E-mail us at letswatchpod@gmail.com Find James @james_willox @jameswillox Find Carolyn @carolyndunk93
We take issue with the toxic dysfunction at the core of Clea DuVall's HAPPIEST SEASON, eviscerate the lack of compassion in Ron Howard's HILLBILLY ELEGY, praise Paul Bettany in Alan Ball's UNCLE FRANK, compare the first two episodes in Steve McQueen's SMALL AXE, and throw up our hands at Ben Falcone's SUPERINTELLIGENCE
Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host Nicolas Rapold. On this episode I'm tackling a wonderful collection of new films by director Steve McQueen called Small Axe. The five Small Axe movies are on Amazon, completed today with the release of the fifth and final film, Education. Small Axe is a fascinating and ambitious chronicle of West Indian experience in London—personal, political, and cultural—and it's definitely an event. First, veteran critic Jonathan Romney (Screen Daily, Sight & Sound) joins me to talk about Mangrove and Lovers Rock, which are about an infamous trial and a joyous night of partying, respectively. Then on the second half of the podcast, I'm joined by critic Nicholas Russell (Reverse Shot). We discuss McQueen's approach in the three remaining films in the Small Axe series: Red, White, and Blue; Education; and Alex Wheatle. We also hear about the other last things Jonathan saw, from IDFA and elsewhere: The Wasteland, Inside the Red Brick Wall, Gorbachev. Heaven, and Fellini's The Voice of the Moon. For complete show notes with links, sign up for my newsletter at rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass
We begin this week with a discussion on the first film in Steve McQueen's SMALL AXE series for Amazon, MANGROVE. Yes, you heard that right: Steve McQueen has FIVE NEW FILMS coming out from now until the end of the year. A small miracle in an otherwise abysmal 2020. The second new film of the week is Sean Durkin's long-awaited follow-up to his 2011 debut, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE. This one features Jude Law and Carrie Coon up front. It's called THE NEST. We close out the show with the latest PICK SIX segment. This time we are counting down our choices for the SIX BEST LORNE MICHAELS-PRODUCED FILMS OF ALL-TIME, in honor of his 70th birthday. Cheers! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-film-harmonic/support
This week Andy shares his thoughts on three films - the Oscar nominated classic Das Boot, the Blumhouse satire The Hunt, and the first of Steve McQueen's Small Axe films, Mangrove. What a good week! We also chat around the latest news in the world of film, including the 'lockdown pandemic' themed films in production, and offer up a look at our neat things to round off the show. Banter, chat and film related fun by the film geeks you've come to love - or at least we hope so. Subscribe and leave us a review, and get in touch over on Twitter @FilmFileUK --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/filmfileuk/message