We dissect Jordan Peele’s new psychological thriller, “Us,” and discuss the film’s central question (WITHOUT SPOILERS): Are any of us ever truly free from the past?
Also, we’re going on a short hiatus. Happy spring, and we’ll be back in your ears soon.
Discussed this week:
“Us” (directed by Jordan Peele, 2019)“Suspiria” (directed by Dario Argento, 1977)“The People Under the Stairs” (directed by Wes Craven, 1991)“It Follows” (directed by David Robert Mitchell, 2014)“White Is for Witching” (Helen Oyeyemi, 2014)“Beloved” (Toni Morrison, 1987)“Beloved” (directed by Jonathan Demme, 1998)Jan Svankmajer“Beloved” (Toni Morrison, audiobook, 2006)“The Souls of Black Folk” (W.E.B. DuBois, 1903)Cathy Park Hong
Lil Nas X? Not Sorry!
40 Acres and a Movie
No Country for Any Men
Now That's What I Call a Bridge!
The N-Word
The Return of Still Processing
Best of the Archives: Whitney Houston (2017)
Best of the Archives: Whiteness in America (2017)
Best of the Archives: Psychobros (2019)
Best of the Archives: Aretha Franklin (2018)
Sweet, Sweet Fantasies, Baby
'Waiter, There's a Fly in Our Bubble'
Ziwe May Destroy Hamilton
Reparations for Aunt Jemima!
So Y’all Finally Get It
New Loop, America
Does This Phone Make Me Look Human?
Fiona Ex Machina
Halle Berry? Hallelujah.
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