American Gothic – Episode 13: “Whistler’s Mother”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0rgto1gT9U CBS' American Gothic Episode 13: "Whistler's Mother" Directed by Greg Beeman Written by Corinne Brinkerhoff & Aaron Fullerton * For a review of Episode 12, "Madame X" - click here The finale is here - "Whistler's Mother" you may remember is the informal name given to Arrangements in Grey and Black, which is the first …

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American Gothic – Episode 12: “Madame X”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0rgto1gT9U CBS' American Gothic Episode 12: "Madame X" Directed by Edward Ornelas Written by Allen MacDonald & Lauren Goodman * For a review of Episode 11, "Freedom From Fear" - click here * For a review of the finale, "Whistler's Mother" - click here The penultimate episode upon us, its title comes from a John …

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American Gothic – Episode 11: “Freedom From Fear”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgiDZ6UarFM CBS' American Gothic Episode 11: "Freedom From Fear" Directed by Jet Wilkinson Written by Andrew Gettens & Lauren Mackenzie * For a review of Episode 10, "The Veteran in a New Field" - click here * For a review of Episode 12, "Madame X" - click here The title of this week's episode comes …

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American Gothic – Episode 4: “Christina’s World”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbNYfR4wRE CBS' American Gothic Episode 4: "Christina's World" Directed by P.J. Pesce Written by Lawrence Broch * For a review of Episode 3, "Nighthawks" - click here * For a review of Episode 5, "The Artist in His Museum" - click here This episode is titled after the painting "Christina's World" by Andrew Wyeth from 1948, …

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American Gothic – Episode 3: “Nighthawks”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvt4kltxuvs CBS' American Gothic Episode 3: "Nighthawks" Directed by David Straiton Written by Meredith Averill * For a review of Episode 2, "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" - click here * For a review of Episode 4, "Christina's World" - click here So this episode is named after the wildly famous painting by Edward Hopper from 1942, depicting that …

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American Gothic – Episode 2: “Jack-in-the-Pulpit”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y6Bn_pEMdA CBS' American Gothic Episode 2: "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" Directed by Greg Beeman Written by Corinne Brinkerhoff * For a review of Episode 1, "Arrangement in Grey & Black" - click here * For a review of Episode 3, "Nighthawks" - click here Following the first episode, and a trend that runs through this mini-series, the second …

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Candyman: White Guilt and Urban Horror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htGWOKCH_cM Candyman. 1992. Directed & Written by Bernard Rose; based on the story "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker. Starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Marianna Elliott, Ted Raimi, Ria Pavia, Mark Daniels, Lisa Ann Poggi, Adam Philipson, Eric Edwards, Carolyn Lowery, & Barbara Alston. PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/Propaganda Films. …

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