BLACK IN FOCUS
AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month
BABYLON’S SIDNEY PALMER DESERVED BETTER
A FUN AMON fact: since late 2015, my phone ringtone has been the first few seconds of Hank Levy’s title tune from Whiplash. Ever since my mind was blown by that film’s final sequence, a new Damien Chazelle venture would be something I’d always be excited about. Babylon was no exception, and for the most part my hype was rewarded (the eargasmic score! The immaculate editing! The debauchery!). But when it came to Jovan Adepo’s Sidney Palmer, I was left wanting.