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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It’s time for the pulsecast, scaredy cats! Today we watch the 2001 Japanese horror creep-fest: PULSE. We get the ball rolling with a chat about a fear of technology, Y2K, and turning off JU-ON halfway through. Dave tells us about 2004’s CREEP(a different CREEP), and Chris talks about Canadian Film Day and watching BLOOD & DONUTS. We tease a potential HEREDITARY screening, and talk about how effective the trailer was. Then we get into it and start discussing themes of loneliness and isolation, spiritual worlds, red tape, mould stain ghosts, 90’s computers and hardware, jump scares, unique body movements, effective use of sound, the ghost apocalypse, and unintelligent main characters. All this and more, on another creepy episode of the TEXCHRIS DAVESAW MASSACRE! Continue reading →
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It’s time for the pulsecast, scaredy cats! Today we watch the 2001 Japanese horror creep-fest: PULSE. We get the ball rolling with a chat about a fear of technology, Y2K, and turning off JU-ON halfway through. Dave tells us about 2004’s CREEP(a different CREEP), and Chris talks about Canadian Film Day and watching BLOOD & DONUTS. We tease a potential HEREDITARY screening, and talk about how effective the trailer was. Then we get into it and start discussing themes of loneliness and isolation, spiritual worlds, red tape, mould stain ghosts, 90’s computers and hardware, jump scares, unique body movements, effective use of sound, the ghost apocalypse, and unintelligent main characters. All this and more, on another creepy episode of the TEXCHRIS DAVESAW MASSACRE! Continue reading →
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