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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Further Down The Spiral - Dark City
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To kick off sci-fi February, we're taking a look at Alex Proyas' 1998 neo-noir/sci-fi/detective film, Dark City. Starring Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connolly, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland and Richard O'Brien, the movie follows John Murdoch as he awakens to find he is wanted for a series of brutal murders. The only problem is that he can't remember anything and as he tries to unravel the mystery of his identity, he stumbles upon the truth that the city is not what it seems as it and everything in it are controlled by mysterious otherworldly beings knows as the Strangers. What did we think of it? Listen in and find out!
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To kick off sci-fi February, we're taking a look at Alex Proyas' 1998 neo-noir/sci-fi/detective film, Dark City. Starring Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connolly, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland and Richard O'Brien, the movie follows John Murdoch as he awakens to find he is wanted for a series of brutal murders. The only problem is that he can't remember anything and as he tries to unravel the mystery of his identity, he stumbles upon the truth that the city is not what it seems as it and everything in it are controlled by mysterious otherworldly beings knows as the Strangers. What did we think of it? Listen in and find out!
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