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30 Years Ago, a Sci-Fi Flop Beat Marvel's 'Black Panther' to the Punch

Robert Townsend broke bold new ground in representation, even if the quality wasn't quite there.

Inverse

The Bear season 3 — everything we know

What to know about The Bear season 3, including likely returning cast, renewal and delays.

Tom’s Guide

Every Guest Star in 'The Bear' Season 2, Explained

Sarah Paulson! Jamie Lee Curtis! Olivia Colman! We could go on!

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Where Did All the English Majors Go?

A NewYorker essay on why no one studies English anymore.

Reason

He put $40,000 on credit cards to make his first film. Now 'Hollywood Shuffle' is a classic

LOS ANGELES — Robert Townsend has never stopped moving. For a recent Zoom interview, he is on his phone from his (parked) car so he can go for one of his regular walks around a local L.A. lake once he's finished.

Los Angeles Times

Robert Townsend on making biting satire Hollywood Shuffle: ‘It was hard back then to make a movie’

As his industry comedy Hollywood Shuffle turns 35 and is inducted into the Criterion collection, the multi-hyphenate talks the struggle to make a low-budget indie

The Guardian - US

Is That Black Enough For You?!?: inside the Black cinema revolution of the 70s

Historian and critic Elvis Mitchell talks about his revealing Netflix documentary that focuses on an often forgotten era

The Guardian - US

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"Bros": A tragic box office love story

The failure to launch of Billy Eichner's new comedy could have something to do with the genre rules it breaks

Salon

Afternoon Edition: April 25, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Cooley High’ stars look back at ‘glorious experience’ of making an enduring Chicago favorite

TCM Classic Film Festival brings together Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and other actors from the influential coming-of-age movie from 1975.

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