Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The British gangster thriller is, by now, a subgenre with mostly fixed conventions of storytelling, style and sound, all of which ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A film depicting the Jamaican community in London in the 1980s is a reminder of Britain's multicultural complexity, British actor Idris Elba said presenting "Yardie", his ...

"This is a story about the path I chose..." Studiocanal UK has released a new full-length official trailer for the film Yardie, the feature directorial debut of actor Idris Elba. The film premiered at ...

Idris Elba wants to upend the way black characters are portrayed in films — even in gangster films. “We tend to go for the violence. We tend to go for the most traumatic part. Of course, these films ...

There’s something missing in “Yardie,” Idris Elba’s directorial debut, but I can’t quite place my finger on it. The acting is decent, the cinematography is well-executed, and the music is on point, ...

Hollywood has a long tradition of turning actors into directors and vice versa. Go as far back as the golden-age director Raoul Walsh, the brilliant artist behind White Heat, High Sierra, Gentleman ...

Directed by Idris Elba, Yardie is set in the 70’s and ’80s and is about a Jamaican man who had a rough childhood with the haunting memory of the murder of his older brother Jerry Dread. He grows up in ...

Idris Elba’s directorial debut, a gang drama set in Jamaica called “Yardie,” has been acquired for U.S. rights by Rialto Pictures, the New York-based company announced Thursday. “Yardie” will receive ...

The well-worn British gangland thriller gets a Caribbean-accented makeover in Idris Elba's proficient, slightly predictable directorial debut. The British gangster thriller is, by now, a subgenre with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Idris Elba brings "Yardie" to Berlin International Film Festival BERLIN (Reuters) - A film depicting the Jamaican community in ...