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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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Daniel Kaufman)
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Initial reactions to The Rise of Skywalker ... Aryeh: The movie's problems start in the first ten seconds ... The bizarre revelation of Rey's parentage ... Kylo Ren's sudden personality change ... Did the finale violate a central rule of the Star Wars universe? ... Why the Marvel movies mostly worked and the new trilogy mostly didn't ... Dan: Massive corporations plus social media blowback have ruined these films ... Speculating on the future of the saga ...
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Initial reactions to The Rise of Skywalker ... Aryeh: The movie's problems start in the first ten seconds ... The bizarre revelation of Rey's parentage ... Kylo Ren's sudden personality change ... Did the finale violate a central rule of the Star Wars universe? ... Why the Marvel movies mostly worked and the new trilogy mostly didn't ... Dan: Massive corporations plus social media blowback have ruined these films ... Speculating on the future of the saga ...
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