The second chapter of the five-film Small Axe, in which Steve McQueen attempts to excavate glimpses of black British life from the Sixties through the Eighties, is rooted in reggae
An exhaustive new documentary on Frank Zappa offers up a portrait of an artist as a walking contradiction
George C. Wolfe’s screen adaption of the seminal August Wilson play also stars a stunning Chadwick Boseman, in his final film role, as ambitious horn player Levee
A what-if look at David Bowie's brief tour of America at a pivotal, pre-Ziggy point in his career is a textbook case of how not to make a rock movie
A fire at a Bucharest nightclub kicks off an investigation into deep systematic rot in this nonfiction procedural-cum-masterpiece
The director's 'Small Axe' series focuses on the black British experience — and the first of five is now streaming on Amazon Prime
For her directorial debut, Clea DuVall adds a dose of gay anxiety to the familiar straight Christmas family fare
Thriller about a sickly young woman — and her loving and extremely suspicious mother — is one empty exercise in maternity-run-amuck camp
Story of a drummer navigating life after deafness immerses you in a noiseless world — but it's the star that makes it speak volumes loudly and clearly
Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin's cringe comedy about a toxic but enduring male friendship is hilarious and tragic all at once
