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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Three Amigos vs Tropic Thunder: Part 1
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We're going meta this week, as this week's movie analysis is about movies featuring characters who think they're in a movie. Keeping up?
First up, we're off to a caricatured Mexico where (the) Three Amigos stumble into a remote village thinking they're in a film, while being mistaken for real heroes. It's a Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short triple threat - but do they do meta better than Tropic Thunder? Let's find out!
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