Us

April 15, 2019 • 00:04:03
Us
Flicks with The Film Snob
Us

Apr 15 2019 | 00:04:03

/

Show Notes

Jordan Peele’s horror film, about people encountering their murderous doubles, has a dark social critique underlying its frightful surface. Jordan Peele has followed up his smash hit debut Get Out with another horror film, this one with a much less comic flavor, simply called Us. The deceptively short title belies the writer-director’s complicated intent. The picture opens in the 1980s, with a little black girl named Adelaide on vacation with her parents at a carnival near the beach at Santa Cruz. She wanders away from her Mom & Dad, entering a spooky house of mirrors where she encounters her double—not…

Other Episodes

Episode

September 25, 2018 • 00:04:28
Episode Cover

Madeline’s Madeline

The story of a young woman’s struggle with her overprotective mother, and her fascination with a woman directing her in an experimental theater group,...

Listen

Episode

February 20, 2014 •
Episode Cover

Go For Sisters

John Sayles holds a unique place in American film. For over three decades, he’s written and directed smart independent films on his own terms,...

Listen

Episode 0

April 21, 2021 • 00:04:16
Episode Cover

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

An amazing simulated documentary celebrates the world of neighborhood bars: the situation is invented, but the people are real. If you’ve ever gone to...

Listen