Jordan Peele is the new master of horror as cultural commentary. 2017’s Get Out is so highly regarded that it made the Sight and Sound Top 100 Best Films of All Time list this year. So, when Nope came out this summer, so did the think pieces of what big message Peele was trying to make. And he made a lot of them. Combining sci-fi and horror with a throwback to old UFO movies, Peele’s third film is a critique of such things as Hollywood and its treatment of minorities, the quest for fame and the predatory nature it unleashes, and man’s attempt to tame the natural world for his own ends. But, in addition to its many messages, Nope also works as one fantastically entertaining summer popcorn flick.

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