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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Promising Young Woman & The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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“What are you doing?” Rarely has there been a scarier question. At least for the men in PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, who do not react well to their date suddenly becoming a lot less helpless than anticipated. The Academy Award winning movie discusses questions about consent and the societal enabling of bad behaviour by so called nice guys in an unusual way. In THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, hacker Lisbeth Salander deals with those who have wronged her in a different but equally unique way. Astrit Abazi and I discuss whether David Fincher’s movie succeeds as a comment on the dark secrets of Swedish society, where it is hobbled by its status as an adaptation and why the accents are so weird. Join the conversation on social media @oneforyoupod or via email oneforyoupod@gmail.com
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“What are you doing?” Rarely has there been a scarier question. At least for the men in PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, who do not react well to their date suddenly becoming a lot less helpless than anticipated. The Academy Award winning movie discusses questions about consent and the societal enabling of bad behaviour by so called nice guys in an unusual way. In THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, hacker Lisbeth Salander deals with those who have wronged her in a different but equally unique way. Astrit Abazi and I discuss whether David Fincher’s movie succeeds as a comment on the dark secrets of Swedish society, where it is hobbled by its status as an adaptation and why the accents are so weird. Join the conversation on social media @oneforyoupod or via email oneforyoupod@gmail.com
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