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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RMR 0343: Special Guest, Ainslie Caswell, joins your hosts, Bryan Frye and Chad Robinson for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit Shaun of the Dead (2004) [R]
Genre: Comedy, Parody, Comedy-Horror
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Jessica Stevenson, Peter Serafinowicz, Rafe Spall, Martin Freeman, Matt Lucas, Tamsin Greig
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Recorded on 2025-11-03
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