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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Christmas may be over, but we still have one last Christmas in December episode up our stocking! We’re closing out the celebration (and the year!) with a movie that is so inside our wheelhouse, it may as well be the damn wheelhouse. Tim Burton’s Batman Returns (1992) is an incredible confluence of a thoughtful script, Hollywood money, artful directing, perfect casting of a committed cast, amazing costumes, spot-on production design, a killer score, and the best transformation scene of any character, villain or hero, in any superhero movie EVER. Our noses aren’t gushing blood, but WE’RE definitely gushing about all of the above and more. Plus we imagine a whole cadre of fantasy guests, practice our French flipper trick, and take some major umbrage at Bruce Wayne’s privileged reaction to Alfred’s (probably) delicious cooking, this week on Ex Rated Movies!
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Christmas may be over, but we still have one last Christmas in December episode up our stocking! We’re closing out the celebration (and the year!) with a movie that is so inside our wheelhouse, it may as well be the damn wheelhouse. Tim Burton’s Batman Returns (1992) is an incredible confluence of a thoughtful script, Hollywood money, artful directing, perfect casting of a committed cast, amazing costumes, spot-on production design, a killer score, and the best transformation scene of any character, villain or hero, in any superhero movie EVER. Our noses aren’t gushing blood, but WE’RE definitely gushing about all of the above and more. Plus we imagine a whole cadre of fantasy guests, practice our French flipper trick, and take some major umbrage at Bruce Wayne’s privileged reaction to Alfred’s (probably) delicious cooking, this week on Ex Rated Movies!
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