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. 155 - The Last Tycoon; Remembering Sam Shepard - TV & Movie Reviews
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Will Anne Hathaway be Queen? A posthumous close to Garry Marshall's Princess Diaries trilogy? At 2:16: Screen Thoughts pays homage with this week's #ListOfSix: 6 Amazing Things about the late, great, Pulitzer-winning Sam Shepard, who really seemed made of The Right Stuff. 8:50: Amazon calls on the Mad Men team to turn F. Scott Fitzgerald's last (and unfinished) novel into a 9-part series: The Last Tycoon. Written & created by Billy Ray; cinematography by Danny Moder. Starring Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Collins, Dominique McElligott, and Jennifer Beals. 9:24: Amazon's adaptation inspires this week's #BlastFromThePastFilm: Elia Kazan's prior iteration The Last Tycoon (1976); written by Harold Pinter; starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, and Jack Nicholson. 30:44: 20 years after her death, a real-life Princess Diaries: Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy (HBO).
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Will Anne Hathaway be Queen? A posthumous close to Garry Marshall's Princess Diaries trilogy? At 2:16: Screen Thoughts pays homage with this week's #ListOfSix: 6 Amazing Things about the late, great, Pulitzer-winning Sam Shepard, who really seemed made of The Right Stuff. 8:50: Amazon calls on the Mad Men team to turn F. Scott Fitzgerald's last (and unfinished) novel into a 9-part series: The Last Tycoon. Written & created by Billy Ray; cinematography by Danny Moder. Starring Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Collins, Dominique McElligott, and Jennifer Beals. 9:24: Amazon's adaptation inspires this week's #BlastFromThePastFilm: Elia Kazan's prior iteration The Last Tycoon (1976); written by Harold Pinter; starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, and Jack Nicholson. 30:44: 20 years after her death, a real-life Princess Diaries: Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy (HBO).
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