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 219: Marcia Gay Harden - "Pollock" (2000)
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We were so full of Marcia Gay Pride from last week’s episode that it was time to break a decades long blacklisting of “Pollock” to discuss her dark horse Oscar win as Lee Krasner in Ed Harris’s punch drunk biopic of Jackson Pollock. We also get Amy Madigan going full Ullman, Jennifer Connelly as Worst Supporting Ruth, John Heard from "The Sopranos", a wacky cameo from Val Kilmer that takes us down a plastic surgery rabbit hole, to say nothing of the "Uncle Buck" digression we eventually get to, as well as our thoughts on what makes biopics work or not work and a requisite celebration of Kathleen Quinlan, who is not in this movie. Join us for The Best Supporting Aftershow and early access to main episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bsapod Email: thebsapod@gmail.com Instagram: @bsapod Colin Drucker - Instagram: @colindrucker_ Nick Kochanov - Instagram: @nickkochanov
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We were so full of Marcia Gay Pride from last week’s episode that it was time to break a decades long blacklisting of “Pollock” to discuss her dark horse Oscar win as Lee Krasner in Ed Harris’s punch drunk biopic of Jackson Pollock. We also get Amy Madigan going full Ullman, Jennifer Connelly as Worst Supporting Ruth, John Heard from "The Sopranos", a wacky cameo from Val Kilmer that takes us down a plastic surgery rabbit hole, to say nothing of the "Uncle Buck" digression we eventually get to, as well as our thoughts on what makes biopics work or not work and a requisite celebration of Kathleen Quinlan, who is not in this movie. Join us for The Best Supporting Aftershow and early access to main episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bsapod Email: thebsapod@gmail.com Instagram: @bsapod Colin Drucker - Instagram: @colindrucker_ Nick Kochanov - Instagram: @nickkochanov
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