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Movies
A year after envelope pandemonium, a ho-hum night is just what the Oscars ordered
It only stands to reason that the most surprising Oscars might be followed by the least surprising Oscars.
6 years ago
‘Black Panther’ brings new visibility to cosplayers of color
The film "Black Panther" has inspired black cosplayers around the country to be more visible within the cosplay community.
7 years ago
What the Oscar winner for best picture will tell us about 2017
For better or worse, the winners of the Oscar for best picture are a pretty good reflection of the year that was.
7 years ago
Air Date: March 1, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:31Pa. writer penned Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15:17 to Paris’
In the spring of 2015, Dorothy Blyskal had quit her corporate job and was writing Facebook posts begging for an entry-level position in show business.
7 years ago
Director of Oscar-nominated Aleppo doc wants his film to serve as witness
The documentary Last Men In Aleppo, by Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad, takes viewers inside the city.
7 years ago
The magnificence of ‘Black Panther’ is in its re-imagining of Africa
Never has a Hollywood blockbuster film captured Africa and her people in such rich, layered, multitudinous ways.
7 years ago
The film, with its visually stunning portrayal of Africa and its people, is filled to bursting with truth about the black experience.
7 years ago
Listen 3:36Air Date: February 20, 2018
Listen 48:55‘Black Panther’ costume designer draws on ‘the sacred geometry of Africa’
Designer Ruth Carter — whose previous films include Selma, Malcolm X and Roots — pulled colors, shapes, jewelry, and textures from tribes all over Africa.
7 years ago
Can Marvel’s Black Panther bear the weight of representation?
Black Panther has been at the center of the first superhero blockbuster hype cycle freighted with real political significance.
7 years ago
Make movies great again: The ‘alt-right’ cinematic backlash
You may have heard about a Facebook group dedicated to undermining 'Black Panther,' the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first nonwhite superhero movie.
7 years ago
‘Step Sisters’ movie and cultural appropriation 101
Tribune Digital Editor Nicki Mayo talks with “Step Sisters” writer/executive producer and Delaware native Chuck Hayward.
7 years ago
WHYY presents film tracing vets’ cross-country quest for peace of mind
WHYY will host a screening Monday of a documentary that follows two Iraq War veterans on a journey to find peace years after they left the battlefield.
7 years ago