Pulp Fiction came out in 1994 and shook up the movie world with groundbreaking style, brilliant dialogue and dope storytelling choices. It helped launch director Quentin Tarantino to the top of the indie filmmaking world. It also contains some choice words and scenes worth discussing on a show about racism in movies. LET'S GO!!!

Elevated horror. Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, The Shining, helps define that term. It's a masterwork in directing, acting, and the art of building an unsettling atmosphere full of tension and dread. It also has one of the most tragic examples of the magical negro trope. Where does this masterpiece in film sit with us, knowing it also perpetuates one of the storytelling world's most complicated forms of racism?

So... we LOVE this movie... but they also painted a person brown. So conflicted. In their debut episode, Chris, Tawny and Miles dive into James Cameron's classic film Aliens, and explore one racially problematic element of the film. They then discuss whether the movie holds up in spite of that one notable problem.