Ally Pitts

Jan 28, 2024 | player.fm | Ally Pitts

It was the deadliest string of shark attacks the world has ever seen. In 2011, sharks in Réunion, a beautiful island, way out in the Indian Ocean started biting people way more than ever before and with lunatic violence. The epidemic forced local surfers, politicians, and business owners into a proxy war with ocean lovers and conservationists worldwide, where long simmering tensions boiled over. Réunion: Shark Attacks in Paradise is the story of what happened on this beautiful island, and t ...

Dec 17, 2023 | player.fm | Ally Pitts

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Nov 5, 2023 | player.fm | Ally Pitts

In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...

Oct 7, 2023 | letterboxd.com | Ally Pitts

All More One to use against the tedious "the book's ALWAYS better than the film" crowd. I don't think I'm qualified to claim that the film actually *improves* on the Pushkin's short story by adding complexity to two of the main characters, but I certainly got quite a bit more out of this screen version. Would make a great, albeit unnerving, double-bill with Dickinson's previous Anton Walbrook film, the original film version of Gaslight as there are some strong thematic through-lines in… Exile...

Aug 13, 2023 | player.fm | Ally Pitts

Dr Samuel Goff, editorial director at the film streaming service Klassiki, joins Ally Pitts to talk about Ally's five film picks from the Klassiki film Library. To receive a 50% discount on an annual subscription to Klassiki, please use the code RUPOD50 at checkout.