Come Out and Play

Has Austin – or anywhere else – ever seen anything like Cinemania weekend?

"...of Mario Van Peebles' biopic, Badasss, and Jack Hill's blaxploitation classic Foxy Brown; Murs & Scarub of Cali hip-hop..."

May 28, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Revenge is a dish best served bold – and deliciously, by Quentin and Uma.

"...greatly in tone. Where Vol. 1 most obviously referenced blaxploitation and yakuza films, Vol. 2 owes more debts to..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...on in their existence, I've been a fan of blaxploitation films. I don't even remember the first ones I..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Page Two

Attending the Toronto Film Festival provides some perspective on global perceptions of the United States -- as well as a truly great film experience; the City Council's budget performance is embarrassing, as is Rick Perry's state of vacuous denial.

"...-- a historical tone poem to the beginnings of blaxploitation and his best directorial effort by far. Ron Mann's..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Louis Black

The Need for Sleaze

Bill Landis will be at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown on Feb. 23 to introduce two films and talk about his new book, Sleazoid Express: A Mind-Twisting Tour Through the Grindhouse Cinema of Times Square.

"...Freaks, snuff films, Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, blaxploitation, sex-change epics, wack French vampire movies, gay films, Andy..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Sheba Baby

Not long after starring in two of the wildest blaxploitation films of all time -- Coffy and Foxy Brown -- Grier's career went in a much tamer direction.

"...long after she starred in two of the wildest blaxploitation films of all time -- Coffy and Foxy Brown..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Jim Brown's Shades of Gray

Spike Lee's latest documentary, Jim Brown: All American, looks at the turbulent life of the "greatest football player ever." Lee and Brown will be in town Tuesday to present the film at the Westgate Cinema.

"...AC: We tend to associate Brown's career with the blaxploitation films, but he did a lot of films prior..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Darktown Strutters

"..."Super Sisters on Cycles" screams the poster of this blaxploitation movie about a woman who exposes a plot by..."

Sept. 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Preserving Pictures

"There are many days where it's, like, buy and save a super, super rare 1920s Harold Lloyd or Buster Keaton image, or buy some extra groceries … and saving their movie images always wins out."

"...film sites, the content skews toward fanboy fare -- blaxploitation, kung fu, spaghetti westerns, and Tarantino. But the site's..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Book Smarts

New academic tomes explore diverse film genres

"...production that marries lesbian-bar footage from the Pam Grier blaxploitation opuses Sheba, Baby, and Foxy Brown with voice-over and..."

July 26, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Undercover Brother

"...of itself already? Lee (cousin to Spike) tackles the blaxploitation films of the Seventies with enough good-humored gusto to..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Abar: The First Black Superman

"...Gladys Lum. Also known as In Your Face, this blaxploitation relic has a black militant youth leader injected with..."

Feb. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Independent

"...make an intellectual case for death with dignity. (Later, blaxploitation star Fred Williamson pops up in the environmentalist girl-gang..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Black Belt Jones

"...Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers and Eric Laneuville. This blaxploitation kung fu picture is by the same core team..."

Nov. 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bones

"...cunning homage to Italian master Dario Argento's classic Suspiria. Blaxploitation horror films have been under-represented since Scream revitalized the..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Foxy Brown

Pam Grier stars in Foxy Brown, the film that would end up cementing Grier's image as the female icon of the Blaxploitation movement.

"...Pictures, eager to capitalize on the burgeoning demand for Blaxploitation films, teamed up Grier with classic B-director Jack Hill,..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Review by Charles Conn

Working Girls

What do the eight films in the Austin Film Society's latest free series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s" have in common? They are all works by inherently feminist filmmakers, and the chronological order of the series tracks the growth of American feminist thought during these two decades.

"...Pictures International, Roger Corman's New World Pictures, and the blaxploitation film movement leading the charge into new kinds of..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hi-De-Ho and The Duke Is Tops

Available on video as a double bill, these two all-black features -- one from 1938, the other from 1947 -- make a brilliant pairing.

"...inconsistent, independent black film business, and the other the blaxploitation period of the Seventies. In the earlier period, black..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Review by Louis Black

Page Two

A personal SXSW wrap-up from Louis Black.

"...entries were screened. Max mentioned something about a Jewish blaxploitation film, and I would have loved to see it,..."

March 23, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Immaculate Film

Musicalia at the SXSW Film Festival

"...gratuitous musical numbers. The movie has a funky, Seventies blaxploitation flick vibe, and gets bonus points from one of..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Short Cuts

South by Southwest announces attendees, the Texas Hall of Fame releases names of first honorees, and other news and events of interest to the local film community.

"...the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, supporting the DJ/hip-hop doc Scratch; blaxploitation legend Melvin Van Peebles (Sweet Sweetback's Badasss Song); Rip..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

True Hollywood Stories

Peter Lev's American Films of the 70s looks at several genres of films (cop movies, disaster films, teen movies, war films, blaxploitation, sci-fi, and feminist films) and puts examples of each genre into the context of the times.

"...films (cop movies, disaster films, teen movies, war films, blaxploitation, sci-fi, and feminist films) and puts examples of each..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Soul Vengeance

"...guys. It sounds like porn, but it's not. It's blaxploitation at its most bizarre. Fanaka (the auteur behind the..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three/
Get Carter

"...of the last 10 or so years. Watch for blaxploitation star Julius Harris as a high-ranking uniformed transit cop...."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

American Pimp

"...its originality. Despite becoming favorable icons of the 1970s blaxploitation cinema and figures who are becoming copycat icons for..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scary Movie

Keenen Ivory Wayans' broad spoof of the horror/comedy Scream series.

"...Gonna Git You Sucka successfully parodied the whole Seventies blaxploitation genre (and did it years before Quentin Tarantino single-handedly..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shaft

"...-- Samuel L. Jackson. This remake/update/sequel of the 1971 blaxploitation classic starring Richard Roundtree is a muddled treat: Seeing..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...private dick John Shaft in the remake of the blaxploitation classic Shaft (June 16), directed by Boyz N the..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...Living Color, hopes to match the success of his blaxploitation spoof I'm Gonna Get You Sucka with the splatter..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Bryan Poyser

The Glass Shield

"...Wambaugh and an interesting cast to hold viewers' attention. Blaxploitation vet Bernie Casey excels as Ice Cube's defense attorney,..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

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