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Writer Alex Wheatle, photographed for the Observer last year. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer As historian and writer Paul Gilroy writes in the introduction to Wheatle’s book: “This novel’s historical and geographical setting should be carefully specified. It can be defined by the immediate aftermath of the New Cross Massacre.” The thriller, which culminates in the Brixton riots, begins on 27 January 1981 and follows the life of Biscuit and his sticky relationship to the streets ...

January 15, 2021 Da 5 Bloods’ Delroy Lindo leads Spike Lee’s all-star cast as Paul, a MAGA hat-wearing member in a quartet of Black Vietnam veterans. Decades after the war, the men reunite for a mission to exhume the remains of Stormin’ Norman, the 5th Blood played by Chadwick Boseman, and locate their missing gold. The mission tests every man, but none more than Paul. Lindo gives a masterful performance in Spike Lee’s sweeping epic of avarice and forgiveness. We spoke with Lindo about ...

[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] David Sims (The Atlantic) writes about Steve McQueen has an eye for the tiniest of details. The British director’s first short film, Bear, depicts how a series of looks exchanged between two men builds into a physical showdown. His debut feature, Hunger, tells the real-life story of…

The 2020 Jim Ridley Film Poll Dedicated to late Scene editor and critic Jim Ridley, our poll asks critics, cinephiles and industry insiders about 2020 in film Tweet First Cow Given the chaos and enervating travails of 2020, it was going to be a challenge to find the right assortment of folks to get at the heart of this unpredictable year in cinema. An international assemblage of critics, filmmakers, podcasters, teachers, actors, exhibitors, publicists, festival programm...

Death in Paradise season 10 episode 2 cast: Meet guests Richard McCabe and Luke Pasqualino   Death in Paradise continues but just who appears in the cast of season 10, episode 2? Meet guests Richard McCabe, Luke Pasqualino and newcomer Tahj Miles Death in Paradise has been a welcome winter treat since it first brightened up our screens in 2011. Now, in 2021, the Caribbean murder mystery is back for its 10th series and to celebrate its 10th anniversary, some familiar faces are set to return to ...

Will Oscar Voters Take a Cue From Critics Picks? Illustration by Mark Matcho While awards season may be getting off to a slow, COVID-delayed start, the main critics groups in New York and L.A. havent waited to bestow their accolades. But, lacking an overwhelming consensus, they may not have as much impact as they have had in the past. Two of the earliest signs that Bong Joon Hos Parasite would take the golden brick road to its best picture Oscar last awards season came when it was anointed 201...

Intention. January 12, 2021 I pondered this for years, especially as YouTube and blogging were first happening. In this business called show, what is the difference between being a pro and being an amateur? My answer: Intention. And by intention, I don’t mean goals for a desired outcome. I mean the intention in doing the work. Amateurs become pros. Pros become amateurs. The world is a fluid place. Some people feel that getting paid makes you a professional. It does not. Nor does not gettin...

Posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 by /Film Staff Every year, the /Film team gathers to do what all websites must: make a big list about the previous year in cinema. And while 2020 offered its fair share of numbing, painful roadblocks, the movies were as good as ever, even as we watched them at home instead of at a movie theater. So compiling a list of the 50 Greatest Movie Moments of 2020 was hard not because there weren’t any great moments, but because there were so many. Here are our...

Courttia Newland was in his mid-twenties when he had his first out-of-body experience. Following the publication of his debut novel, The Scholar (1997), he lived in a shared flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London. One night, “I had this panic attack where I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t see, and for some reason, instead of fighting, I decided to just relax,” he said. Calmly, he had the sense that he had left his body and was looking down at it as it lay on his bed. Night terrors were not n...

Posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 by Ethan Anderton Awards season is unfolding a little later than usual this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic shifting the windows for qualifying films into early 2021. That’s why movies like Nomadland and Minari, which you’ve seen pop up on various lists naming the Top 10 Films of 2020, aren’t getting wide theatrical releases until February. But the 30th Gotham Awards winners have just been announced, kicking off a season of accolades for t...