G E T O U T! directed by Jordan Peele

I was happy to write a review of Get Out for Film Comment's blog! I worked hard to be spoiler-free:

excerpt: Get Out self-consciously and subtly mines the conventions of the horror genre to create a film that resonates on multiple levels. It applies the universal concerns of horror movies (such as providing catharsis for our fears) to specific issues of race and racism, and particularly of blackness, effectively linking a nuanced storyline to the familiar signifiers of the genre—a sense of paranoiac dread, sudden scares, and requisite carnage—making visible the all too familiar microaggressions experienced daily by African Americans...

But srsly, speaking of self-involved girlfriends, I wonder what the opinionated Meegan would think of G e t O u t?

Here's what she thinks about HER (2013):

Trail-Her from Ina Archer on Vimeo.