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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Welcome to Light On Light Through episode 416, in which I review the The Beatles Anthology 2025 documentary.
Relevant links:
- my written review of Anthology 2025
- my 2024 podcast review of Beatles '64
- my 1972 article in The Village Voice: Murray the K in Nostalgia's Noose
- my 1971 article in The Village Voice: A Vote for McCartney
- my 1972 song Murray the K's Back In Town
- my 2024 novel It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles
- 2023 radioplay It's Real Life on Killerwatt Radio adapted from first chapter of my novel (audiobook of radioplay here)
- my 2025 written review of One to One: John & Yoko
- my 2017-2018 written reviews of Rob Sheffield's book Dreaming the Beatles (I review every chapter!)
- my 2016 review of Billy J. Kramer's book Do You Wanna Know a Secret?
- my thoughts about The Beatles' Now and Then
- "The Beatles and Podcasts" my Fall 2023 essay in the Journal of Beatles Studies
- my 2023 written review of John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
- my 2021 podcast reviews of Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back
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