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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Ep. 147 - Wonder Woman; The Hero; House of Cards - Movie & TV Reviews
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This week it's all about heroes (and a few anti-heroes). Hollister on House of Cards Season 5 (click here for Hollister's written review of Season 4), fake documentaries, and Shakespeare's gender. At 6:18: Paradise Island? Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins (The Killing), breaks all kinds of records. Starring Gal Gadot, Robin Wright, Chris Pine (as Lois Lane?), Connie Nielsen, and Lucy Davis. 22:25: Lie detector tests and bondage? What O'Toole learned about the creator of Wonder Woman from The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore. And click here for Amy Cuddy's TED Talk on the real-life benefits of doing Wonder Woman's "power pose". 29:58: In honor of Lynda Carter and the original Wonder Woman series: this week's #ListOfSix: The 6 Best TV to Big Screen Adaptations. Live long and prosper: how Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan salute. 38:44: O'Toole on The Hero, starring Sam Elliott (Grace and Frankie), Laura Prepon (Orange is the New Black), Nick Offerman (A Walk in the Woods), and Katharine Ross. Written, directed, and edited by Brett Haley - and shot in just 18 days. 44:16: This week's #BlastFromThePastFilm: Sam Elliott in Lifeguard (1976).
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This week it's all about heroes (and a few anti-heroes). Hollister on House of Cards Season 5 (click here for Hollister's written review of Season 4), fake documentaries, and Shakespeare's gender. At 6:18: Paradise Island? Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins (The Killing), breaks all kinds of records. Starring Gal Gadot, Robin Wright, Chris Pine (as Lois Lane?), Connie Nielsen, and Lucy Davis. 22:25: Lie detector tests and bondage? What O'Toole learned about the creator of Wonder Woman from The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore. And click here for Amy Cuddy's TED Talk on the real-life benefits of doing Wonder Woman's "power pose". 29:58: In honor of Lynda Carter and the original Wonder Woman series: this week's #ListOfSix: The 6 Best TV to Big Screen Adaptations. Live long and prosper: how Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan salute. 38:44: O'Toole on The Hero, starring Sam Elliott (Grace and Frankie), Laura Prepon (Orange is the New Black), Nick Offerman (A Walk in the Woods), and Katharine Ross. Written, directed, and edited by Brett Haley - and shot in just 18 days. 44:16: This week's #BlastFromThePastFilm: Sam Elliott in Lifeguard (1976).
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