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Conroy, Hamill, and Savage Headline Saturday's NYCC
Saturday is usually the busiest day at New York Comic Con (NYCC). The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is packed with hundreds of thousands of fans, so expect long lines at Artists’ Alley and gridlock traffic on the showroom floor.
By Jacob Elyachar8 years ago in Geeks
James Baldwin's Vision & Love of Hip-Hop
Since James Baldwin’s death, we have now entered a period of meta-understanding of the racism and the system built upon the massacre of the indigenous people of North America by European settlers. Furthermore, the use of human labour under conditions deemed slavery, provided the basis for expansion of the American Empire, lead to the induction of the “American Dream” lived by White-Americans in the 1950s. However, it was not until the 1960s that Black-Americans were deemed equal partners to their racially polarized counterparts through the Civil Rights act of 1964. Given these existing historical events, Baldwin suggests that instead of focusing on exterminating racism, rather, the identity of the African-American lies within their ability to gain freedom and reject the captivity imposed by the racism of the White American System, where hip-hop provides the avenue to freedom through education.
By Intelligent Movement8 years ago in Beat
Good Time (2017) — Cannes Film Festival Review
With Take One Magzine’s time at Cannes nearly done, the team managed to fit in one final red carpet appearance. To see them out was the latest from acclaimed directing duo Benny and Josh Safdie, Good Time, a film that, thankfully, little was known about. Amidst all of the excitement in the cool heat of the night, the film ahead would be one none of the team was prepared for. Taking place over the course of just one evening, the film follows Constantine ‘Connie’ Nikas (Robert Pattinson) as he desperately tries to free his unwitting partner in crime and mentally-handicapped brother Nick (Benny Safdie), while evading the law at every turn. Good Time proved to be an outstanding, stellar achievement across the board, whipping up an original adventure that can only be described as simply breathtaking.
By Darius Azdeh8 years ago in Geeks
