Hartford Courant

‘Nope’ review: Jordan Peele’s UFO movie pits a Black-owned horse ranch against a very unsettling flying object

The best, eeriest parts of director Jordan’s Peele’s third feature, “Nope,” are as good as anything in “Get Out” or “Us,” and they’re very different from either of those earlier triumphs of ...
The New York Times

‘Nope,’ Eadweard Muybridge and the Story of ‘The Horse in Motion’

Is the rider in the 19th-century photographic experiments really unknown, as Jordan Peele’s film implies? It’s complicated. By Ben Kenigsberg Near the beginning of “Nope,” Emerald (Keke Palmer), who ...
Rolling Stone

Jordan Peele Invades the Western With ‘Nope,’ a Thrilling Salute to Spectacle

Early in Nope, Jordan Peele’s thrilling new horror movie, a woman named Emerald Haywood (Keke Palmer) tells a story. She and her brother OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) are horse handlers and ranch owners by ...
IndieWire

‘Nope’: Meet the Compton Cowboy Who Prepared Daniel Kaluuya to Play a Hollywood Horse Trainer

Randy Savvy tells IndieWire about how he taught the Oscar winner about "the energy and the synergy between human and horse." When equestrian Randy Savvy saw “Nope,” he was impressed with Daniel ...
Dread Central

The Subtle Parallels of the Mexican Revolution in ‘Nope’

Jordan Peele’s third feature Nope is about the spectacle of cinema through a genre-blend film of sci-fi, horror, and adventure. While Nope may seem the most straightforward entry compared to Get Out ...