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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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Is this week's episode, we encounter Cosmo's moon in the inimitable Moonstruck. But we do things a little differently: we experimented with a progressive recording by watching the movie together and stopping every 30 minutes to record. So this one is fresh off the presses and carries with it our opinions unadulterated by refection or even the rest of the movie.
We can both agree that this movie was one of our absolute favorites (though this is the first time Justin's seen it!), and Cher is a dream goddess who deserves all of her fame and accolades.
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