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 ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

In 2015, Idris Elba was about to board a flight from London to LA when he bumped into fellow actor Aml Ameen. The two didn’t know each other well but had met a couple of times before. The encounter ...

Actor/producer and part-time DJ Idris Elba now adds director to his resume with Yardie, an adaptation of Victor Headley’s 1992 novel about a young drug courier which begins on the mean streets of ...

Anyone who enjoyed Jimmy Cliff in reggae gangster classic, The Harder They Come, should have a good time too with Idris Elba’s debut feature as a director. Based on a novel by Victor Headley, this is ...

Adnan Mustafa couldn't believe it when he got cast in Idris Elba's new film. The 21-year-old has said he was already overwhelmed with emotion to be at the screening of Yardie - and that's before Idris ...

1Xtra's Ace hosts an exclusive Q&A from the premier of film 'Yardie', chatting to Idris Elba on his directorial debut, and cast members Aml Ameen and Shantol Jackson.

Idris Elba’s latest role is a fascinating one – he's been Stringer Bell, DCI John Luther, Heimdall and more, and now with Yardie he's a director. Elba's feature debut behind the camera, based on ...

Based on Victor Headley's book, Yardie follows the rags to not-much-better story of Dennis Campbell, who becomes the protégé of Kingston crime boss King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd) when Dennis' MC brother ...

Yardie, which marks actor Idris Elba’s directorial debut, is in its second week at local cinemas. The film, which opened last Wednesday, is now playing at Carib 5 in Kingston. According to reports, ...

Idris Elba is a man of many talents. He’s an actor, he’s a producer, he’s a DJ, and with his new film Yardie he is now officially a director - and a very good one - of a film about DJs. So he’s rather ...

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