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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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In 1989, Steven Soderbergh was on top of the world. By 1995, he was underneath...THE UNDERNEATH, that is! We're talking Sodie's very loose remake of the 1949 Robert Siodmak film noir CRISS-CROSS (and the 1934 novel on which it was based), noir in the 1990s, armored cars, and Soderbergh's evolving film language as he becomes the director we all know and love. Nobody's favorite Sodie movie, but maybe somebody's favorite ep? Remains to be seen!
Further Reading:
Steven Soderbergh: Interviews ed. Anthony Kaufman
Reinventing Hollywood by David Bordwell
"Neither Noir" by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Further Viewing:
THE KILLERS (Siodmak, 1946)
KISS OF DEATH (Hathaway, 1947)
CRISS CROSS (Siodmak, 1949)
THE KILLING (Kubrick, 1956)
BLOOD SIMPLE (Coen, 1984)
PULP FICTION (Tarantino, 1994)
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