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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A Nasty Piece of Work (CONSTANTINE [2005] with Jeremiah Jones-Goldstein)
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If you listened to our review of The Legend of Boggy Creek in Episode 50, you heard Jake and I realize that Episode 52 was coming up and that almost certainly meant it was time for us to review another comic book adaptation. We get into more of the details why in this discussion, but for Episode 52 we've chosen to review 2005's Constantine! This movie has had a bit of a contentious history amongst our hosts sinces its release, so it seemed like a good time to revisit this cinematic rendition of Hellblazer to see if our opinions had changed. We hope everyone enjoys the resulting discussion! Big thanks to Jacob’s brother Jeremiah Jones-Goldstein for joining us for this review! Be sure to check out his own site: https://comicscomicscomics.blog/ And as always, thanks so much for listening! Note: the episode begins with some discussions of the comic source material and why we picked the movie for this particular episode, but if you want to go right to the movie discussion the timecode is 00:35:11.
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If you listened to our review of The Legend of Boggy Creek in Episode 50, you heard Jake and I realize that Episode 52 was coming up and that almost certainly meant it was time for us to review another comic book adaptation. We get into more of the details why in this discussion, but for Episode 52 we've chosen to review 2005's Constantine! This movie has had a bit of a contentious history amongst our hosts sinces its release, so it seemed like a good time to revisit this cinematic rendition of Hellblazer to see if our opinions had changed. We hope everyone enjoys the resulting discussion! Big thanks to Jacob’s brother Jeremiah Jones-Goldstein for joining us for this review! Be sure to check out his own site: https://comicscomicscomics.blog/ And as always, thanks so much for listening! Note: the episode begins with some discussions of the comic source material and why we picked the movie for this particular episode, but if you want to go right to the movie discussion the timecode is 00:35:11.
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