Movies
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.
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The film, with its visually stunning portrayal of Africa and its people, is filled to bursting with truth about the black experience.
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Listen 3:36Guests: Ariell Johnson, Salamishah Tillet, Dawud Anyabwile, Guy Sims Movie critics are saying that Marvel’s ...
Air 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.
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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.
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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.
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‘Step Sisters’ movie and cultural appropriation 101
Tribune Digital Editor Nicki Mayo talks with “Step Sisters” writer/executive producer and Delaware native Chuck Hayward.
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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.
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‘Shape of Water,’ ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Three Billboards’ lead Oscar nominations
The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning by a dapper, genial Andy Serkis and the always intoxicating Tiffany Haddish.
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Can ‘Wonder Woman’ break through the Best Picture glass ceiling?
Superhero movies have been considered more technical than cinematic, but "Wonder Woman" has the opportunity to become the first one to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
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Temple student’s ’76 documentary on race accepted into National Film Registry
A lyrical, political documentary made by a Temple University student in 1976 is accepted by the Library of Congress into the National Film Registry.
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Guests: Neil Oxman, Gary Thompson It’s our annual look at the year-in-film, so we’ll welcome back Radio Times ...
Air Date: December 28, 2017
Listen 49:37Heart 2 sizes too small? Mr. Grinch, see your cardiologist
Scientists at Johns Hopkins scientists have also come up with theories for the condition of other characters, including Rudolph's red nose and Ebenezer Scrooge's time travel.
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Movies inspire discussion and debate, so why shouldn't end-of-year lists do the same?
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The reason fans who should love ‘The Last Jedi’ most are the only ones who hate it
The first step to understanding the reaction is realizing that, to many fans, there has already been a trilogy to follow 1983's "Return of the Jedi."
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