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The Underground Railroad
awards season
Nov. 30, 2021
Squid Game
Wins Its First Major Award at the Gothams
And
The Lost Daughter
did anything but lose.
By
Rebecca Alter
close reads
July 15, 2021
When Presented With a Black Gaze, the Emmys Turned Away
This year’s nominations struggled to recognize works that approach Black stories as three-dimensional portraits, rather than blunt, thematic hammers.
By
Robert Daniels
viewing guide
July 2, 2021
What to Stream This July 4th Weekend
We have some thematically appropriate movie and TV suggestions for after the grill has been turned off and before the fireworks light up the sky.
By
Brian Tallerico
a long talk
June 25, 2021
Barry Jenkins Felt His Way Through
The Underground Railroad
The filmmaker reflects on the intuition and instinct that shaped his most ambitious project to date.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
behind the seams
May 25, 2021
Mapping
The Underground Railroad
’s Monumental Costuming Journey
Comprising “hundreds or thousands†of garments, the miniseries’s wardrobe purposefully echoes the story’s movement through space and time.
By
Tomris Laffly
tv review
May 21, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Is the Cinematic Event of the Year
This is a series not witnessed but felt.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién
overnights
May 17, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Finale Recap: Coursing All Through You
A tough conclusion bridges Mabel’s past and Cora’s future.
By
Steffan Triplett
overnights
May 16, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Recap: The Grandest Delusion
This tragic yet stunningly cinematic episode feels like an entire film.
By
Steffan Triplett
overnights
May 16, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Recap: All Those People
The idea of freedom turns out to be complicated as it becomes more real.
By
Steffan Triplett
overnights
May 16, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Recap: Grace Note
What a small relief this episode is.
By
Steffan Triplett
overnights
May 16, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Recap: One Chosen, One Disgraced
Ridgeway has no intention to stop seizing what he believes is his to seize.
By
Steffan Triplett
overnights
May 15, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Recap: Square in the Teeth
A bleak, difficult midway point takes its time in telling us a bit more about each character as they crawl their way across a burning Tennessee.
By
Steffan Triplett
overnights
May 15, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Recap: A Mighty Fine Thing
A look into Arnold Ridgeway’s upbringing and spiritual ideology also shows the extent of his cruelty.
By
Steffan Triplett
overnights
May 14, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Recap: The Wicked in You
In North Carolina, things go from bad to worse to absolute worst for Cora.
By
Steffan Triplett
overnights
May 14, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Recap: A Different World
“If you want to stay, we stay. I’m not getting on that train without you.â€
By
Steffan Triplett
overnights
May 14, 2021
The Underground Railroad
Premiere Recap: It’s Time
Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of the Colson Whitehead novel starts off running with a difficult, alluring first episode.
By
Steffan Triplett
awp conference
Mar. 30, 2019
Colson Whitehead’s Fierce and Funny Primer on Life and Chicken
“If it tastes like shit, it’s cultural appropriation,†and other lessons from the Pulitzer winner’s keynote speech at the AWP conference.
By
Evan Allgood
2019 golden globes
Jan. 7, 2019
Give Barry Jenkins a Sci-Fi Movie, You Nerds!
“I think now I want to grow aesthetically. I would love to do a sci-fi film. I’m a big film of Denis Villeneuve.â€
By
Hunter Harris
Sept. 13, 2016
How Colson Whitehead Got From Zombies to Slavery
The novel is a major departure for him.
By
Christian Lorentzen
books
Aug. 14, 2016
In Conversation With Colson Whitehead
The author of
The Underground Railroad
on Oprah’s endorsement and avoiding clichés of the “Southern Novel of Black Misery.â€
By
BORIS KACHKA
oprah book club 2.0
Aug. 2, 2016
Oprah Picks Whitehead’s
Underground Railroad
And will also be excerpted in the New York
Times
.
By
Nate Jones