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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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Nicolas Cage month (ha—more like quarter) continues, with Martin Scorsese’s surreal and frenetic drama, BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (1999). Burned-out EMT has a terrible week, shot like a nightmare, and scored with U.S. Soul and UK punk. Nicolas Cage is brilliant. So is Ving Rhames, John Goodman, Patricia Arquette, Marc Anthony (yeah, the excellent singer with the awesome clothing line)…everybody. It’s great. It’s great.
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