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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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Hello all you Ed-heads, Timbos, and Mattiacs.
This week, Matt brings up a fantastic film. Well, not really, but for the purposes of this podcast, it's the right one. X-Ray, the Cannon films slasher from 1981, built specifically to try and get some of that sweet sweet 80's slasher money. But without all the atmosphere, or logic, or decent kills.
Psycho doctors, vague diagnosis, acid sinks, dripping chemical rooms, and a protagonist who knocks something over in every scene. You're gonna love it... to death.. acid sink death. (also, i think the drunk either lives, or it's his charts that got swapped with the protagonists.)
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