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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The Breakdown of Dune Part Two, Spaceman, Rebel Moon, Orion and the Dark, and Remembering Carl Weathers and Norman Jewison
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Both Scott and Christopher return this week with reviews for four movies. They look at the reader-requested space opera directed by Zack Snyder in 'Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire'. The space epics continue with the Denis Villeneuve helmed 'Dune Part Two'. Adam Sandler is in space as well in 'Spaceman'. Then we end with another movie that looks towards the stars but this time on earth but still with just as much fantasy in the animated feature, 'Orion and the Dark'. We also pay tribute to the careers of Carl Weathers and Norman Jewison.
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Both Scott and Christopher return this week with reviews for four movies. They look at the reader-requested space opera directed by Zack Snyder in 'Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire'. The space epics continue with the Denis Villeneuve helmed 'Dune Part Two'. Adam Sandler is in space as well in 'Spaceman'. Then we end with another movie that looks towards the stars but this time on earth but still with just as much fantasy in the animated feature, 'Orion and the Dark'. We also pay tribute to the careers of Carl Weathers and Norman Jewison.
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