Love Jones (1997) & The Photograph (2020): The Value of Words
Nearly 25 years ago, the producers of the independent gem Love Jones had a modest and honest goal with its romance. They sought to make a modern film about African-American life that did not use violence and/or recreational drugs as…
Reel World: Rewind #016 – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
On this episode of Reel World: Rewind . . . A very tired Blaine and Shannon talk about their unashamed love for Pirates of the Caribbean. They talk about legalism and lawlessness, but they also manage to work in a reference…
The Body | The Blood: #001 – Stay Woke and Get Out w/ Eons D
The Body | The Blood is here with its first regular episode! From here on out, we will be posting a new episode on the last day of every month to appease your horror needs! We have a great episode…
Stay Woke and Don’t Scream: Get Out’s Subversion of White Horror Narratives
*There are spoilers ahead* “Finally, much of horror’s history has been about the removal of Blacks from the genre. Blacks have been rendered invisible by way of Whites in blackface, through a deprecation of Black culture without (and absent a…