Filmmaker Magazine -
17 Sep 2020 22:00

Steve McQueen: now with handheld camera! Lovers Rock is, per its official publicity copy, one of "A Collection of Five Films" about British West Indian life in the ’70s and ’80s drawn from the backgrounds and personal stories of McQueen's friends and family. This party film is the only one not directly based on a true story but is instead based on collective experience; judging by synopses of the other four, it's also the lightest thematically. That makes it a good fit for NYFF's opening nig...
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