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The A.V. Club’s list of 2020’s best TV shows was determined by a voting body made up of staffers…Read more But, with all the time in the world to catch up on Peak TV—or, at least, considerably more—we also challenged ourselves to seek out bold new stories and storytellers, and even question what makes TV, TV. We found restoration and vital discussion in Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You, a profound exploration of abuse survivors, and let Steve James take us on a trip through the lif...

Rating: Rating: Has there ever been a comedy straight man in a double act who found a new partner and switched role to become the funny guy? Bob Mortimer has done just that — and I’m struggling to think of a precedent. If you don’t know what the straight man’s role is, think of Ernie Wise’s face as Eric Morecambe slaps him round the chops. Ernie’s job was much more than setting up the laughs. He was the backbone of every routine . . . the maypole around which his brilliant pal cav...

Kinglsey Smith in Small Axe: Explore how Steve McQueen inspired character in ‘Education’   Episode 5 of Small Axe tells the story of Kingsley Smith but the episode actually took inspiration from Steve McQueen’s own experiences. Small Axe has been essential viewing since it arrived on BBC One and Amazon Prime Video as the anthology series has explored Britain’s checkered past with racial inequality. The final episode in the Steve McQueen series, Education, is its most personal and af...

BBC Sounds - Small Axe: The Podcast - Available Episodes Small Axe: The Podcast Taking the themes and dreams of the Small Axe film series to tell the everyday stories of Black Britons through generations and shine a light on those imagining a better future. Episodes (5Available)

Marvel superheroes were missing in action in 2020. Do we need them back? In 2020 TV saved the day. Listen - 06:50 2020 was supposed to be a year for new superheroes, but COVID-19 stopped that in its tracks. Marvel Wonder Womans super-strength and Black Widows formidable fighting skills are great for beating up bad guys. But even the super-est superhero couldnt fight 2020. The coronavirus pandemic shut m...

I May Destroy You was "one of the most exciting of 2020." Natalie Seery / HBO It has been a momentous year for everything we consider TV. A pandemic, civil rights reckoning, streaming war and presidential election shook up the industry in a dozen different ways. It blurred lines between genres, platforms and story forms, while also encouraging us to develop our own, deep rabbit holes of favorite media. So when our team of four critics sat down to figure out what we liked most onscreen this...

The 10 Best Movies of 2020 Featuring films from the US, the UK, India, and France. By Akhil Arora | Updated: 14 December 2020 12:03 IST Photo Credit: Wilson Webb/CTMG, Disney, Pyramide Films/Lilies Films/Arte France Cinéma/Hold Up Films (L-R): Little Women, Hamilton, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire Its been a weird year for movies. Thanks, COVID-19. Not only did we lose most of 2020s major movies — the likes of Black Widow, No Time to Die, and Last Night in S...

All four critics agreed that Michaela Coels series I May Destroy You was "one of the most exciting of 2020." Natalie Seery/HBO It has been a momentous year for everything we consider TV. A pandemic, civil rights reckoning, streaming war and presidential election shook up the industry in a dozen different ways. It blurred lines between genres, platforms and story forms, while also encouraging us to develop our own, deep rabbit holes of favorite media. So when our team of four critic...

Did you watch the fifth and final film from Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology? Kenyah Sandy in Education DIRECTOR STEVE McQueen says having an ‘unfortunate time growing up as a Black child in the British education system’ was the premise for the fifth and final film from Small Axe anthology. Though the film is set in the early 70’s, there were many parallels with my experience in the education system in the 80’s Steve McQueen Education is the coming of age story of 12-year-old King...

At the end of Lovers Rock, one of five Steve McQueen films being screened by the BBC this winter, the synth sound of the Revolutionaries’ 1976 classic, Kunta Kinte Dub, rings out. It’s late at night, at a party in early-80s London, and the speakers are stacked high beside the DJ’s turntable. The young black faces light up in the crowded room. As the bass kicks in, the dancing gets frenzied. The party has cranked up from slow groove to release. As with most McQueen films, the sensory exp...