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. 156 - The Sinner; Blind; Marie Curie - Movie & TV Reviews
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Guess who's in and what's out on This Is Us; adaptations are no longer a novel-ty for Reese Witherspoon; Will & Grace borrow the sunglasses from Men in Black to make their series finale disappear. At 4:58: The Path meets Orange is the New Black? Jessica Biel stars in The Sinner, an 8-part "Whydunit" on USA. Co-starring Bill Pullman as a tortured detective. 10:35: Jessica Biel inspires this week's #BlastFromThePastFilm: Noël Coward's Easy Virtue (2008). 11:50: Michael Mailer makes his directorial debut with Blind, starring Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore, and Dylan McDermott. 23:26: O'Toole radiates affection for Nobel Prizes: Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge. 29:20: It's back to murder with this week's #ListOfSix: 6 Compelling Murder Movies - and our premeditated motives for choosing them.
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Guess who's in and what's out on This Is Us; adaptations are no longer a novel-ty for Reese Witherspoon; Will & Grace borrow the sunglasses from Men in Black to make their series finale disappear. At 4:58: The Path meets Orange is the New Black? Jessica Biel stars in The Sinner, an 8-part "Whydunit" on USA. Co-starring Bill Pullman as a tortured detective. 10:35: Jessica Biel inspires this week's #BlastFromThePastFilm: Noël Coward's Easy Virtue (2008). 11:50: Michael Mailer makes his directorial debut with Blind, starring Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore, and Dylan McDermott. 23:26: O'Toole radiates affection for Nobel Prizes: Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge. 29:20: It's back to murder with this week's #ListOfSix: 6 Compelling Murder Movies - and our premeditated motives for choosing them.
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