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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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Pack your bags, it’s time to head home for the holidays! Matty and Alex give each other recommendations for which movies to watch while doing puzzles, which to enjoy during earthquakes, which to wait until they can see together, and which to remove from their queues without viewing at all. Along the way, they coin the phrase “Sub-optimus Prime” and decide that Daniel Day-Lewis should really be called “Michael.”
PLUS: in the cage match between Alex’s Curb Your Enthusiasm mixtape and Matty’s Bojack Horseman mixtape, who will emerge victorious?
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