Author: Dark Matters

Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies

Read Kurosawa’s fascinating selections at Open Culture.

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Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa

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From left, Rod Steiger, Jester Hairston, and Sidney Poitier in “The Heat of the Night” (1967)

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From left, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, and Lil Dagover in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”(“Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari”) (1920)

Ghost in the Shell Casting Shows We Need More Than White Feminism

Hollywood has a bad problem with casting women who aren’t white

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Joss Whedon & Anita Sarkeesian Meet, Have Laughs, Fight the Patriarchy

Alternate title: Joss Whedon Casts Anita Sarkeesian in His Next Superhero Film “Feminism Force Five”

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BlackNerdProblems.com: Can “Arrow” Fix John Diggle?

A damn good article from Jordan Calhoun.

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David Ramsey as “Arrow’s” John Diggle