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‘Jackie Brown’: The joy of great character development

There is a lot to be said about writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s success as a filmmaker. His films have all been met with some degree of critical appreciation and have all made some decent money at the box office. What’s more, and this might be his true legacy, his projects have sparked the imaginations of fellow …

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Pam Grier: Blaxploitation’s Queen Supreme

NEVER FEAR, PAM GRIER IS HERE! Pam Grier started her career in a number of women-in-prison films which lead to a fruitful stint of starring roles in Blaxploitation cinema. Grier created an intelligent, sensual, and tough on-screen persona with her starring roles, the likes to which few actresses are comparable. She has since gone from …

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Blaxploitation Cinema: ‘Blacula’ / ‘Scream, Blacula, Scream’

As Halloween approaches, let’s take a moment to reflect on two of Blaxploitation cinema’s seminal horror films and the legendary actor William Marshall. Blacula Written by Joan Torres & Raymond Koenig Directed by William Crain USA 1972 “You shall pay, black prince. I shall place a curse of suffering on you that will doom you …

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RZA’s directorial debut ‘The Man With the Iron Fists’ gets an animated prequel ahead of its release

While RZA is known to many as one of the members of legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan, he has also been steadily building up a career for himself in the film community over time. Having been composing songs for various soundtracks since 1995, and having made his acting debut in director Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog: …

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Ricky D’s Favourite Cult Films of All Time: #9 ‘Coffy’

  Coffy Directed by Jack Hill Screenplay by Jack Hill 1973, USA Jack Hill’s anti drug/vigilante movie film stands among one of the three best of the blaxploitation genre. The project originated when American International Pictures lost the rights to the film Cleopatra Jones and approached Hill to quickly produce a movie starring a black …

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