Search: Starring Stevie

Need For Speed (2014)

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If the smell of exhaust nauseates you and the sight of skinny grown boys going all the way with macho machines makes you want to take up cycling, stand well back

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5

A street racer from upstate New York drives to California to compete against the man who sent him to jail.
Paris Is Burning (1990)

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Flair and verve are what it's all about, a fierce confidence used to defy white power structures since the original days of putting on the Ritz.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5

Documentary about drag nights in New York.
Pavarotti (2019)

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The honesty and decency of his character never forces the narrative into areas of embarrassment.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5

Documentary about the Italian tenor.
Sleeping Ruff (2004)

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The film is repetitive in the way it tackles its subject, but the people themselves make up for that.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5

The homeless of Edinburgh and their dogs
Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Review preview for Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

There’s a difference between talking about something you remember and talking about something you have just watched – something to think about when you watch yet another documentary about another old white guy who has already had 15 films made about him

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America’s history lost – until now.