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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We watched Jaws: The Revenge (1987) so you don’t have to—and now we need therapy. In this fourth (!) installment, a psychic shark follows the Brody family from Amity Island to the Bahamas for... revenge? Why? How? No one knows, including the writers. Join us as we tackle flying sharks, vengeful fish logic, and Michael Caine’s paycheck performance. It’s a movie so baffling, even the shark seems confused.
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Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wheel-of-horror/id1534102813
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3HnyAISG8Z8hvMFdSG60tE?si=9b785cf21c7f46a3
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wheelofhorrorpodcast1802/videos
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Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HorrorWheel
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