1980s | Portside

July 12, 2023

Jonathan Green The New York Times Book Review

This book "offers a fresh history of the epidemic that gripped minority communities, inflamed media coverage and led to draconian drug laws."

November 1, 2022

Rich Juzwiak Jezebel

James Gray set out to make "the anti-nostalgia movie" about his relationship with a Black classmate and anti-Blackness in the '80s.

April 27, 2021

Eileen Jones Jacobin

Minari is a gentle, universal story about a resilient South Korean family trying to make it in 1980s America. You should watch it.