Episode 336: Wesley Morris

Published: March 27, 2019, 3:14 p.m.

Wesley Morris is a critic at large for The New York Times, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, and the co-host of Still Processing.\n\n\u201cI think that the taking of extra time to be more thoughtful and less reactive is, to the extent that I have any wisdom to impart, that is it. Just wait a second. Because someone\u2019s going to get there before you get there anyway.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\n\n\n\nThe Mastermind (Evan Ratliff \u2022 Random House \u2022 2019)\n\n\n@Wesley_Morris\n\n\nMorris on Longform\n\n\nMorris's New York Times archive\n\n\n[1:55] Still Processing Podcast\n\n\n[3:25] Longform Podcast #95: Wesley Morris\n\n\n[3:30] Longform Podcast #218: Wesley Morris\n\n\n[6:55] In the Land of Women (Warner Brothers \u2022 John Kasdan \u2022 2008)\n\n\n[9:25] Boomerang (Paramount \u2022 Reginald Hudlin \u2022 2002\n\n\n[10:45] "The Morality Wars" (New York Times \u2022 Oct 2018)\n\n\n[10:50] Insecure (HBO \u2022 2016)\n\n\n[16:00] Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Brothers \u2022 Jon M. Chu \u2022 2018)\n\n\n[30:25] "The Governor Who Partied Like It\u2019s 1884" (New York Times \u2022 Feb 2019)\n\n\n[34:55] Green Book (Universal \u2022 Peter Farrelly \u2022 2018)\n\n\n[37:05] Get Out (Blumhouse Productions \u2022 Jordan Peele \u2022 2017)\n\n\n[37:10] Moonlight (A24 \u2022 Barry Jenkins \u2022 2016)\n\n\n[42:10] Black Panther (Marvel \u2022 Ryan Coogler \u2022 2018)\n\n\n[43:25] Wonder Woman (Warner Brothers \u2022 Patty Jenkins \u2022 2017)\n\n\n[44:30] King Kong: Skull Island (Warner Brothers \u2022 Jordan Vogt-Roberts \u2022 2017)\n\n\n[44:35] Captain Marvel (Marvel \u2022 Anna Boden \u2022 2019\n\n\n[46:00] Russian Doll (Netflix \u2022 Leslye Headland \u2022 2019)\n\n\n[46:10] Catastrophe (Amazon \u2022 2019)\n\n\n[46:15] Game of Thrones (Netflix \u2022 Leslye Headland \u2022 2019)\n\n\n[50:55] Us (Monkeypaw Productions \u2022 Jordan Peele \u2022 2019)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices