Cannonball with Wesley Morris

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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)

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