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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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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1929 film Condemned. I'm joined by Luis Mendez from The Mendez Movie Report and we talk about whether or not it is smart for a prison warden to bring in a prisoner to work in his home, the ongoing development of story pacing in films at this time, and some choices that were made with the intent of taking advantage of the use of sound even in the early stages of sound cinema.
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Other films mentioned in this episode include:
- Bulldog Drummond directed by F. Richard Jones
- Cimmaron (1931) directed by Wesley Ruggles
- Cimmaron (1960) directed by Anthony Mann
- Raffles directed by George Fitzmaurice
- Gone With the Wind directed by Victor Fleming
- Disraeli directed by Alfred E. Green
- The Big House directed by George Hill
- The Big Pond directed by Hobart Henley
- The Love Parade directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- The Rogue Song directed by Lionel Barrymore
- Lost Horizon directed by Frank Capra
- Tempest directed by Sam Taylor
- Two Arabian Knights directed by Lewis Milestone
- All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone
- Sunrise directed by F.W. Murnau
- Wings directed by William A. Wellman
- Holiday directed by Edward H. Griffith
- The Maltese Falcon directed by Roy Del Ruth
- The Maltese Falcon directed by John Huston
- The Letter directed by Jean De Limur
- The Letter directed by William Wyler
- Acquitted directed by Frank R. Strayer
Other referenced topics:
- The Neverending Story (novel) by Michael Ende
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (series)
- Condemned to Devil's Island: The Biography of an Unknown Convict by Blair Niles
- Derek Winnert review
- Fernando Silva on CineMaven's ESSAYS from the COUCH
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