Get Out

It's a wonderful time for Black cinema now.  Think of recent best picture nominees in the diverse genre works and accolades of Fences, Hidden Figures, and Moonlight and it's undeniable.  Now comes writer and director Jordan Peele's Get Out and it's clever and unique Black perspective on horror that simultaneously pays homage to the classics of the genre while making it's own unique inroads in that direction.  It also doesn't skimp on humor or in addressing the very real issue of race in this country.  I usually don't like to comment too specifically on what others are saying, but the recent critique about the casting of non-Black Americans and all that, has some validity, but it's a minor one in the sense that I found the rather unknown cast to be a fresh perspective here and in other films like Selma. Nothing against the talent and budget power of certain known Black actors and what they may lend a film, but sometimes the relative unknown qualities of lesser known actors, is less distracting to the intended leanings of a film. Irregardless, Jordan Peele has really done something great on so many levels here and at a pivotal time.