Posts tagged Sidney Poitier
Ep# 68 - Korean War Movies in the 60s

In this episode, Bart & Jenna take the opportunity to dig a little deeper into the war and cinematic “Golden Age” that time forgot. Watching three American films about the Korean War side-by-side with three films from South Korea.

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Ep# 53 - Joanne Woodward in the 60s

In this episode, Bart and Jenna trace Joanne Woodward's 1960s films alongside that of her more famous husband and decide that hers are the ones they really wanted to talk about.

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Ep# 45 - Haskell Wexler in the 60s

Bart & Jenna dive into the work of Haskell Wexler – one of the true auteur cinematographers who got his start in the 1960s. Featuring a heated debate on Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, as iconic in wit as it is in visual flare, and Medium Cool – a hybrid film that incorporates almost every trick he learned from the decade.

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Ep #41 - Jazz Anxiety Films in the 60s

Bart & Jenna set out to define Jazz Anxiety movies, a genre that they made up. Beyond just utilizing jazz to get across a mood, all of these movies actively reflect the scores in their filmmaking, resulting in abstract visual punches to non-linear plots.

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Ep #12 - Black Masculinity in the 60s

In this episode, two honkies named Bart and Jenna discuss representations of black masculinity in a range of 1960s films, from the rightfully celebrated to the criminally under-seen.

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