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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Ep. 115 - Certain Women; Black Mirror; Inferno - TV & Movie Reviews
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From Hollister's favorite serial killers to what O'Toole thinks Hugh Grant has in common with Bob Newhart - we start off with this week's #ListOfSix: Our 6 Favorite Shrinks. At 7:30: The final season of The Fall (starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan) - does it still have its Fear Factor? At 9:40: Still recovering from the pilot episode (a British PM and a pig, anyone?), Screen Thoughts dares to take another look at Black Mirror - Netflix' Nosedive episode - a bleak commentary on Social Media. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard; directed by Joe Wright (Atonement); written by Rashida Jones. Hollister reveals her Uber rating. At 18:40: like daughter, like father: Ron Howard's Inferno, starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, and Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen). At 21:30 Certain Women (played by Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, and Lily Gladstone). Based on Maile Meloy's short story collection Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It; directed by and adapted for the big screen by Kelly Reichardt; produced by Todd Haynes (Carol). Additional shout-outs to Orphan Black, Westworld, and Isabelle Huppert.
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From Hollister's favorite serial killers to what O'Toole thinks Hugh Grant has in common with Bob Newhart - we start off with this week's #ListOfSix: Our 6 Favorite Shrinks. At 7:30: The final season of The Fall (starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan) - does it still have its Fear Factor? At 9:40: Still recovering from the pilot episode (a British PM and a pig, anyone?), Screen Thoughts dares to take another look at Black Mirror - Netflix' Nosedive episode - a bleak commentary on Social Media. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard; directed by Joe Wright (Atonement); written by Rashida Jones. Hollister reveals her Uber rating. At 18:40: like daughter, like father: Ron Howard's Inferno, starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, and Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen). At 21:30 Certain Women (played by Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, and Lily Gladstone). Based on Maile Meloy's short story collection Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It; directed by and adapted for the big screen by Kelly Reichardt; produced by Todd Haynes (Carol). Additional shout-outs to Orphan Black, Westworld, and Isabelle Huppert.
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