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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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What better way to prepare for Valentine’s Day than by watching a romantic comedy that has aged like a fine milk? Join Leigh, Brendan, and Chris as they view 1999’s Three to Tango, a stale piece of dated cinematic nonsense covering all of our favorite 1990s hallmarks- television actors from your favorite prime time programming, neurotic straight men being mistaken for being neurotic gay men, questionable aesthetics, and the neo-swing music revival. How could any of this go wrong? Well, I mean… it’s pretty obvious. Just look at all of those descriptors. How could any of this go right? Well, that’s a trickier question, and one we try to answer successfully by the time the episode ends! And as always, we got a cocktail too to make this all mildly less tiresome.
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