Perea’s career is almost certainly going to hit another echelon now that Nope has hit cinemas. For the time being, though, he just hopes that audiences are thoroughly entertained by Peele’s dynamic storytelling and filmmaking.
Tag: Jordan Peele
Nia DaCosta’s Candyman hooks into something new
The new Candyman film draws inspiration from the original from the very first scene of the opening credits. Just as the 1992 version began with a slow crawl along the highway, the 2021 version follows the path of the el tracks, then flips, traveling skyward and westward through downtown in a stunning, upside-down shot of […]
From ghostly to gothic to goofy, theater artists celebrate the season
Random Acts, Unwell, and PlayMakers Laboratory create scary stories to share (online) in the dark.
Lori and Toni were missing in action
Lightfoot and Preckwinkle claim to be progressives but they stayed away from the front lines during the great fights of the Rahm years.
We have met the enemy and they are Us
Jordan Peele’s follow-up to Get Out is less funny and more unsettling.
Movie Tuesday: Successfully avoiding the sophomore slump
Wondrous second films from directors whose debut outings set the bar high
Demolition Man’s a black movie and here’s why
Simon Phoenix is brought back as an assassin and gets conscripted into becoming a catalyst for chaos. That’s the blackest story they could have written.
In The Displaced, the ghosts of gentrification won’t leave a young couple alone
Bumps in the night blend with poignant social commentary.
Before Peele met Key or wanted to Get Out, he was onstage in Chicago
And his show, Two White Guys, which he performed with Rebecca Drysdale at ImprovOlympic, was pretty good.
Ben Sachs’s favorite films of 2017
A list of the 35 best movies to play Chicago this year.
American Theater’s Welcome to Jesus makes you want to Get Out
American Theater Company’s latest is a very nearly insufferable night in the theater.
Enjoyed Get Out? Try The Belko Experiment and Raw.
Two new horror films are just as acute pieces of social commentary as Jordan Peele’s film.
Tracy Morgan embraces fatherhood on the road to recovery
The comedian returns to stand-up with his family by his side on the Picking Up the Pieces tour.