Steve McQueen is loosening up his style, and he’s chosen the best time to do it. The Academy Award-winning director, best known for serious, violent thrillers like Widows, has had a unique trajectory. His first two films, Hunger and Shame, were dramatic showcases for his former muse Michael Fassbender. Then came his third, 12 Years a Slave, which seemed to signify a change of course with his storytelling. This paid off as the film went on to become the first directed by a Black person to win an Oscar for Best Picture, setting the stage for Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight to win a few years later. Now, amid the pandemic-induced streaming boom, McQueen has taken another unexpected turn, into television anthology with his new Amazon series Small Axe, which recently premiered at the 2020 New York Film Festival.
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