Today’s Work Soundtrack Is If Beale Street Was Chopped and I’m Going to Flourish Because of It
If Beale Street Could Talk, it would say, “Y’all did that!”
2019 Oscars: Nominations Are In and Spike Lee Finally Gets His Directing Nod [Updated]
It’s time: The grand finale of awards season has announced its nominees.
Black Panther Finally Comes to Collect Its Things at the 2019 Critics Choice Awards
Members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) all…
Barry Jenkins Wants to Helm a Sci-Fi Film. Hurry Up and Take My Money in Advance
Looks like Barry Jenkins has his eyes on the science fiction genre. Um, immediately upon hearing this idea, the…
Beale Street’s Regina King Breaks Down What It Means to Be a Vulnerable Black Woman
We often speak about the “strong black woman” archetype, but what does it mean to be a “vulnerable black woman?” The…
Barry Jenkins: Beale Street Explores How Black Love 'Can Help Us Weather These Storms'
Last year when promoting his Academy Award-winning film, Moonlight, director Barry Jenkins found himself at the…
If Beale Street Could Talk, It Would Talk About Love
Barry Jenkins sure knows how to illustrate the fuck out of love.
Barry Jenkins Inks a New Television Deal With Amazon Studios
Do you think the heads of the broadcast television channels are shaking in their boots at this point over the…
Barry Jenkins Discovers He and James Baldwin Had Similar Visions for 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Adaptation
During the course of filming If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins tried to stay loyal to the vision and flavor of…
Watch: Barry Jenkins' Official Trailer for If Beale Street Could Talk Does James Baldwin Proud
“Trust love, all the way.” Those are the final words of Barry Jenkins’ full-length trailer for his adaptation of James…
Barry Jenkins on Racism: ‘If It Can Happen to Me, It Can Happen to Anyone’
Having money or status does not preclude anyone from experiencing racism, and director Barry Jenkins knows that first…
If Beale Street Could Talk Gets a Harlem Homecoming for Its Premiere
Though James Baldwin left Harlem when he was in his teens, the historic black neighborhood was never far from his mind.…
Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins Pays Homage to Baldwin on His Birthday
Barry Jenkins, director of Moonlight, which snagged 2017’s Best Picture Oscar, is back with If Beale Street Could Talk,…
Barry Jenkins Visually Reimagines James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk For a Full Display of Cinematic Blackness
Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) has tackled James Baldwin’s tragic, yet beautiful tale, If Beale…
‘I Denied Myself That Dream’: Barry Jenkins Finally Gives That Best Picture Acceptance Speech
More than a year after that infamous mix-up at the Oscars, on Sunday at the SXSW conference, Moonlight director Barry…
Moonlight Director on Why New James Baldwin Film Needs to Be in Harlem
After his history-making turn directing Moonlight, Barry Jenkins has chosen to tackle the work of one of America’s…
Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins to Write, Direct Film Version of James Baldwin Novel
Barry Jenkins, director of the Oscar-winning feature film Moonlight, has plans to bring more black excellence to the…
Stretch of Miami Streets to Be Named in Honor of Moonlight
Moonlight may have won Best Picture at the Oscars and was a fan favorite, but the movie is receiving an even bigger…
Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins Will Direct New Amazon Series The Underground Railroad
And Amazon.com’s next hit series will be: white people singing off-key about how they saved jazz!
Barry Jenkins Shares His Best Picture Speech He Didn’t Get to Use at the Oscars
If there were ever anyone deserving of an Oscar acceptance-speech do-over, that would be Moonlight director Barry…