[Uncut] Film Club: Samuel Kronen / Hereditary (2018)
The essayist talks about race, black conservatism, suffering and Ari Aster's debut film.
Welcome to the Lack of Taste Film Club, where we talk to non-cinephiles and non-professional cinephiles about themselves and the movies they love. You will find a different flavour to Film Club entries going forward. Instead of discussing the chosen movie, we want to get to know the guest more. A general Q&A will come first, and the film comes second.
In this edition, we’re talking with Samuel Kronen, an essayist who has been published in Areo, Quillette and City Journal, among other publications. Mainly specialising in racial relations in America, Samuel’s essays have received praise from Glenn Loury to Eli Steele, the son of Shelby Steele, who is one of black conservatism’s most prominent public figures that Samuel profiled him, along with Thomas Sowell and Ralph Ellison. That’s quit effusive praise. He also writes about the chronic illness that he had since the beginning of his adulthood. We talk about that as well. Samuel is also an ‘aspiring cinephile,’ so we’re also going to talk about Ari Aster’s debut film Hereditary.
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