Hello world and welcome to another Reel Film Nerd’s 2024 Academy Awards Best Picture nominee catchup podcast. Today Matt, Ma, and Mike review the film American Fiction directed by Cord Jefferson and starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, and John Ortiz. Bonus topics today include Tucson, Aldi coming to Prescott Valley, and Scathe.
Next week your podcast trio heads back to the theater to check out one of the most anticipated films in recent memory, Dune: Part 2 Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and Rebecca Ferguson. Don’t forget to stay to the end for Ma Hinshaw Loses Her Cookies Episode #52. Thank you for listening and we will chat with you next week!
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American Fiction 
Director: Cord Jefferson
Writers: Cord Jefferson and Percival Everett
Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, and Erika Alexander
Release Date: December 22, 2023
Storyline from IMDB
A novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.