Us

Jordan peels back veneer of privilege and Gets Into the complex chaos of classist control. Symbolically packed past the rabbit hole’s full point, the allegorical concepts ultimately rise up to overthrow narrative logic. Aside from the exactly wrong amount of explanation, Us astonishes with its moral complexity and occasional comedy.

Get Out

Jordan peeles out of his familiar genre in a well-paced Hitchcockian thriller that races to a timely resolution. Social relevance, clever helpings of comedy and a careful avoidance of heavy-handed preaching make it easy to get in to Get Out. And absence of Key hinders the protagonist but not the director.