Jordan Peele

Backtalk: What About “Us”?

Two shadowy silhouettes of faces pointing in opposite directions against a white background
by Amy Lam
April 4, 2019 at 2:42pm
This week, Dahlia and Amy dig into Jordan Peele’s latest horror film, “Us.” Lots of spoilers while they talk about how the film fits into genre canons, symbolism, and what can it all mean? And in Amy vs. Dahlia, an argument about the worst of adulting. There are so many terrible things to choose from, but is it paying your bills on time or having to cook yourself? Let us know what you can’t stand about being grown. Text “Adult” to 503-855-6485 to let us know what you think!
Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson in Us, wearing a muddy, ripped top, handcuffed while holding a weapon and looking frightened.

This is Us: In Jordan Peele’s New Film, the Tormentors Look All Too Familiar

by Jourdain Searles
March 22, 2019 at 2:38pm
Us is a film about the ways we can be complicit in the suffering of others without even knowing it. Read more »

“Get Out” and the Ineffectiveness of Post-Racial White Feminism

by Allison Mccarthy
March 1, 2017 at 11:09am
Online and in real life, white feminists might claim that everything is okay and that people of color are exaggerating or perhaps imagining their own terror. Get Out insists they’re not. Read more »