Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins and Leonardo DiCaprio join forces for Virunga doc adaptation

Posted 6 years ago

Barry Jenkins, whose influential work includes directing such riveting features as MOONLIGHT and IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, is partnering with Leonardo DiCaprio for Netflix's narrative adaptation of the Oscar-nominated documentary Virunga. Released in 2014, Virunga was directed by Orlando von Einsiedel and...

Friday actor Ice Cube to star in boxing film Flint Strong

Posted 7 years ago

Actor Ice Cube has experienced a career most people only dream of. Born O'Shea Jackson in South Central Los Angeles in the late 1960s, Jackson co-founded the rap group N.W.A. in the late 1980s. Their debut album "Straight Outta Compton"...

Regina King to make directing debut with One Night in Miami adaptation

Posted 7 years ago

Not long after delivering a powerhouse performance as Angela Abar / Sister Night for HBO's WATCHMEN, it's been announced that scene-stealing actress Regina King will soon be making her directorial debut with ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI. The film is an adaptation...

Review: If Beale Street Could Talk (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A young, pregnant woman’s (Kiki Layne) family rallies to her aid when her boyfriend (Stephan James) is falsely accused and imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. REVIEW: Success, especially when it seemingly comes out of nowhere, can be...

First trailer arrives for Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk

Posted 8 years ago

Barry Jenkins stunned the film community with his powerful and visually arresting movie MOONLIGHT, which went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars in equally stunning fashion. Now he’s back with his new movie, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK,...

Jimmy Kimmel still has nightmares about hosting the Oscars in new promo

Posted 9 years ago

Who could ever forget that infamous moment when LA LA LAND was mistakenly announced as Best Picture at the Academy Awards? It was an unprecedented blunder to be certain, and one that haunts Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel to this very day....

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David Oyelowo to star in live-action Disney musical from Moonlight scribe

Posted 9 years ago

This just in, David Oyelowo (SELMA, NIGHTINGALE) has signed on to star in the forthcoming live-action Disney musical penned by MOONLIGHT playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney. The film, entitled CYRANO THE MOOR, will borrow from both William Shakespeare‘s revenge-tale OTHELLO and the...

If Beale Street Could Talk will be Barry Jenkins’ follow up to Moonlight

Posted 9 years ago

Barry Jenkins' MOONLIGHT received eight nominations at the 89th Academy Awards and walked away with three wins, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture, although LA LA LAND did briefly call that last award their own due to...

Why It Works: Moonlight

Posted 9 years ago

Why It Works is an ongoing column which breaks down some of the most acclaimed films in history and explores what makes them so iconic, groundbreaking, and memorable. ****SPOILERS AHEAD**** "And the Academy Award… for Best Picture…" Cue fancy shitshow....

Moonlight will expand to 1,500 theaters amid Oscar win

Posted 10 years ago

Though MOONLIGHT’s shocking best picture win will forever walk hand-in-hand with the faux pas that led into it, it should nonetheless be remembered as a worthy victor. Between the news coverage and the impact the Oscars has on mainstream moviegoer's...