In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Episode 19 - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
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Jeff & Kim review 1983's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Disney. They also discuss the differences between the movie and the 1963 Ray Bradbury novel. Bonus Discussion: Mike Judge's film Idiocracy and the first 2 seasons of his HBO show "Silicone Valley." Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1983 American horror film directed by Jack Clayton and produced by Walt Disney Productions, from a screenplay written by Ray Bradbury, based on his 1962 novel of the same name. The title was taken from a line in Act IV of William Shakespeare's Macbeth: "By the pricking of my thumbs / Something wicked this way comes." It stars Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, and Pam Grier. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/attackofthe20thcentury/support
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Jeff & Kim review 1983's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Disney. They also discuss the differences between the movie and the 1963 Ray Bradbury novel. Bonus Discussion: Mike Judge's film Idiocracy and the first 2 seasons of his HBO show "Silicone Valley." Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1983 American horror film directed by Jack Clayton and produced by Walt Disney Productions, from a screenplay written by Ray Bradbury, based on his 1962 novel of the same name. The title was taken from a line in Act IV of William Shakespeare's Macbeth: "By the pricking of my thumbs / Something wicked this way comes." It stars Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, and Pam Grier. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/attackofthe20thcentury/support
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