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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TNB Commentaries 082: Halloween Kills
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Please turn off your cellphones and join us in reliving the trauma of what happened 40 years ago tonight when shit went sideways and HE came home, and see if we can live up to the rarely heard, yet immensely catchy slogan of, evil dies tonight! For our 82nd Commentary we subtly lead an angry mob through the labyrinthine like hallways of the hospital that is 2021 for the night that evil dies, and will seemingly never end, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, and Anthony Michael Hall to relive what happened 40 years ago tonight. Evil dies tonight as we relive what happened 40 years ago tonight and ponder how many goddamn catchphrases one character can spew repeatedly, debate how realistic a kill or two is, wonder if this is a comment on the culture wars, and see if we're with it enough to remember what happened 40 years ago tonigh.
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Please turn off your cellphones and join us in reliving the trauma of what happened 40 years ago tonight when shit went sideways and HE came home, and see if we can live up to the rarely heard, yet immensely catchy slogan of, evil dies tonight! For our 82nd Commentary we subtly lead an angry mob through the labyrinthine like hallways of the hospital that is 2021 for the night that evil dies, and will seemingly never end, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, and Anthony Michael Hall to relive what happened 40 years ago tonight. Evil dies tonight as we relive what happened 40 years ago tonight and ponder how many goddamn catchphrases one character can spew repeatedly, debate how realistic a kill or two is, wonder if this is a comment on the culture wars, and see if we're with it enough to remember what happened 40 years ago tonigh.
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