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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The Devil All The Time & The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
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In this new episode, Mansi Tiwari and I discuss two films about the good old days of America, which show that they perhaps weren't so good after all: THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. The new release THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME is an adaptation of the eponymous novel about mid-century America, and we discuss its success as an adaptation and the literary qualities this brings to the film. We also talk about the connection between violence and masculinity in the film and its connection to religion. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY is seen as one of the great Spaghetti Westerns, so we use this gem by director Sergio Leone to discuss the genre. Our MVP is Eli Wallach as Tuco aka The Ugly, but of course we also give a shoutout to the poncho.
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In this new episode, Mansi Tiwari and I discuss two films about the good old days of America, which show that they perhaps weren't so good after all: THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. The new release THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME is an adaptation of the eponymous novel about mid-century America, and we discuss its success as an adaptation and the literary qualities this brings to the film. We also talk about the connection between violence and masculinity in the film and its connection to religion. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY is seen as one of the great Spaghetti Westerns, so we use this gem by director Sergio Leone to discuss the genre. Our MVP is Eli Wallach as Tuco aka The Ugly, but of course we also give a shoutout to the poncho.
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