Small Axe, big joy: Steve McQueen’s film series on Black life in London debuts
Everything that happened at Flick Filosopher between Monday, November 23rd, and Sunday, November 29th, in the plague year 2020.
a few changes around here...
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new at flick filosopher, Nov 23–29
“wait, aren’t you poor?”
I got an email yesterday from a reader, in response to my #LockdownDailyWalk posts, who was all, “Hey, I thought you couldn’t afford to live in the cool parts of London, what’s up?”
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Small Axe: Mangrove movie review: parties and protests (#LFF2020) (#BBC/#AmazonPrime) [pictured]
A triumph. McQueen brings history to life and makes it sing with zest and passion, with a spirit that endures beyond the strife. A celebration of Black joy alongside a raging against Black oppression.
read the review...
Change isn’t just a slogan. It begins with hard work. Change begins with persistence and commitment.
—The Amazing Spider-Man 2
coming up this week...
really hoping to get to reviews of:
The Christmas Chronicles 2, on Netflix, sequel to the cheeky 2018 Kurt Russell–as–Santa Claus flick
the Kristen Stewart–Mackenzie Davis holiday rom-com Happiest Season
the Melissa McCarthy comedy Superintelligence
more London Film Festival flicks
and still on the drawing board, if perhaps slightly backburnered:
Sophia Coppola’s On the Rocks
Robert Zemeckis’s The Witches
historical drama Radium Girls
documentary Naughty Books
Netflix’s Enola Holmes
the Charlie Kaufman mindbender I’m Thinking of Ending Things
writer-director Jon Stewart’s political dramedy Irresistible