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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This week Eric and Josh discuss: Cosplay, multiplexes, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary, Babar the Elephant, The Zodiac Killer, Method Man, Milana Vayntrub, Agents Of SHIELD, Birdemic, Batman 66, Michael Ironside, Neil Breen, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 11 - Thursday July 17: The Phoenician Scheme, Scanners, Hotspring Sharkattack, Saturday Night Sinema, and Contempt! They discussed Bad Shabbos, which got pulled by the distributor after the recording. Hopefully that will be back on the schedule in the near future. That meant that Materialists was booked in the 11th hour, and they missed out on chatting about that movie. Current listings and Coming Soon info can be found at mayfairtheatre.ca.
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This week Eric and Josh discuss: Cosplay, multiplexes, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary, Babar the Elephant, The Zodiac Killer, Method Man, Milana Vayntrub, Agents Of SHIELD, Birdemic, Batman 66, Michael Ironside, Neil Breen, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 11 - Thursday July 17: The Phoenician Scheme, Scanners, Hotspring Sharkattack, Saturday Night Sinema, and Contempt! They discussed Bad Shabbos, which got pulled by the distributor after the recording. Hopefully that will be back on the schedule in the near future. That meant that Materialists was booked in the 11th hour, and they missed out on chatting about that movie. Current listings and Coming Soon info can be found at mayfairtheatre.ca.
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