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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Basic Instinct vs Jade
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Erotic Thriller month comes to a sexy conclusion as we compare the worst scene in 1992's Basic Instinct, the greatest film ever made about Wayne Knight being in the same room with a woman not wearing any underwear vs the best scene in 1995's Jade, a movie that would have been greatly improved if it included a scene with Wayne Knight in the same room with a woman not wearing any underwear. Director Lauren Greenhall joins to discuss both films as well as talk about her own truly great film, Perfectly Good Moment.
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Erotic Thriller month comes to a sexy conclusion as we compare the worst scene in 1992's Basic Instinct, the greatest film ever made about Wayne Knight being in the same room with a woman not wearing any underwear vs the best scene in 1995's Jade, a movie that would have been greatly improved if it included a scene with Wayne Knight in the same room with a woman not wearing any underwear. Director Lauren Greenhall joins to discuss both films as well as talk about her own truly great film, Perfectly Good Moment.
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