Barry Jenkins

movie review Dec. 19, 2024

All the Technological Wizardry in the World Can’t Save Mufasa: The Lion KingBarry Jenkins’s prequel to the 2019 “live-action” remake of the 1994 Disney animated classic leaves much to be desired.

By Bilge Ebiri

profile Dec. 5, 2024

Moonlight in the Lion’s DenWhy Barry Jenkins gave up his improvisational shooting style to spend four years making Mufasa on a soundstage.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

trailer mix Apr. 29, 2024

Blue Ivy Carter Fit Mufasa Into Her Busy ScheduleMaking her film debut in the Barry Jenkins Disney film alongside her client, Beyoncé.

By Zoe Guy

trailer mix Dec. 5, 2023

Jodie Foster Isn’t New to This. She’s True Detective.Night Country premieres January 14, 2024.

By Bethy Squires

hello clarice May 27, 2022

Jodie Foster to Star in True Detective Season 4Titled True Detective: Night Country.

By Charu Sinha

collabs Mar. 19, 2022

Barry Jenkins and Issa López Are Teaming Up 4 True Detective Season 4Tentatively titled True Detective: Night Country.

By Jennifer Zhan

new york in your bones Dec. 6, 2021

The 101 Best New York City Movies, RankedSome movies reflect the perilous reality of living here, others the urbane fantasy. The greatest do both.

viewing guide July 2, 2021

What to Stream This July 4th WeekendWe 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 RailroadThe 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 JourneyComprising “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 YearThis is a series not witnessed but felt.

By Angelica Jade Bastién

trailer mix Apr. 15, 2021

The Underground Railroad Trailer: All Aboard Barry Jenkins’s Long-Awaited SeriesThe Barry Jenkins limited series hits Prime Video on May 14.

By Zoe Haylock

teasers Jan. 25, 2021

Barry Jenkins Is Dropping Underground Railroad HintsGet a first look at the Colson Whitehead adaptation coming to Prime Video.

By Zoe Haylock

roar Sept. 29, 2020

Barry Jenkins Is Directing a Live-Action Lion King SequelCue Katy Perry’s “Roar.”

By Hunter Harris

revivals Sept. 24, 2020

Steven Soderbergh Says The Knick Will Rise From the DeadBarry Jenkins and André Holland are working on a new season with the original showrunners.

By Justin Curto

movies June 23, 2020

Leonardo DiCaprio and Barry Jenkins Are Making a Movie TogetherLegends link up.

By Hunter Harris

racism in hollywood June 19, 2020

Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins Among 1,000 Black Artists Demanding Hollywood Change“The representation of Black people in the media has long been used to justify the violence against us.”

By Halle Kiefer

chat room Apr. 4, 2020

Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski on Releasing an Abortion Drama During a PandemicThe two producers talk Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and women’s access to reproductive health services amid the coronavirus.

By Hunter Harris

casting Aug. 22, 2019

William Jackson Harper Joins Amazon’s Underground RailroadMore fraught ethical quandaries! Goody!

By Bethy Squires

movies June 3, 2019

Barry Jenkins Pliés Into Alvin Ailey BiopicWe’re grand jeté-ing for joy.

By Zoe Haylock

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.”

By Hunter Harris

if beale street could talk Jan. 3, 2019

How Beale Street Got Those Eye-popping ColorsBarry Jenkins’s cinematographer and colorist break down exactly how they managed to create the film’s feast of gorgeous shades.

By Nate Jones

close reads Dec. 18, 2018

Barry Jenkins and Stephan James on Beale Street’s Most Devastating SceneIf Beale Street Could Talk quietly observes two black men talking through their trauma.

By Hunter Harris

exclusive Dec. 14, 2018

Beale Street Clip: Watch How You Talk to Regina King’s DaughterOne mother stands up to another.

By Hunter Harris

movie review Dec. 14, 2018

If Beale Street Could Talk Is Romance on Top, Despair Beneath the SurfaceIn Barry Jenkins’s work, loss is a given. He lyricizes it and sometimes seems to wallow in it.

By David Edelstein

deep dives Dec. 13, 2018

How Barry Jenkins Brought the Experience of Reading James Baldwin to the ScreenThe Moonlight director on the challenges and rewards of adapting If Beale Street Could Talk.

By Vikram Murthi

party report Dec. 3, 2018

Barry Jenkins Says His Favorite Scene in Beale Street Is the ‘Simple Sh*t’It’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment.

By Hunter Harris

exclusive Nov. 5, 2018

This Moody Track From the Beale Street Score Will Put You Right in Your FeelingsFrom Moonlight composer Nicholas Britell.

By Hunter Harris

profile Nov. 2, 2018

Stephan James Is a Face You Won’t Soon ForgetThe star of Homecoming and If Beale Street Could Talk is, quite literally, taking over screens this fall.

By Gazelle Emami

party report Oct. 10, 2018

Diego Luna Based His Charming Beale Street Character on Barry Jenkins’s ‘Warmth’“It’s a tiny role, but it’s so important.”

By Hunter Harris

party report Oct. 9, 2018

Barry Jenkins Stresses that Dave Franco’s Beale Street Role is ‘Important’“It just felt like there was something that this character needed to say to our main characters.”

By Zoe Haylock

adaptations Oct. 4, 2018

James Baldwin Kept a List of His Dream Cast for a Beale Street MovieWith potential directors, too.

By Hunter Harris

trailer mix Sept. 20, 2018

If Beale Street Could Talk Trailer: Love, InterruptedIn select theaters November 30.

By Hunter Harris

if beale street could talk Sept. 14, 2018

Jake Gyllenhaal, a Big Baldwin Fan, Helped Beale Street HappenGyllenhaal inadvertently helped the estate approve Jenkins’s adaptation.

By Hunter Harris

tiff Sept. 10, 2018

Barry Jenkins Remembers a Racist Moment During His Moonlight Campaign“If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone.”

By E. Alex Jung

fall preview 2018 Sept. 4, 2018

KiKi Layne Is the Rookie of the YearShe’s the star of Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight follow-up, If Beale Street Could Talk, which isn’t bad for a total newcomer.

By Carl Swanson

barry jenkins June 5, 2018

Barry Jenkins to Direct Every Episode of Amazon’s Underground RailroadThe Colson Whitehead adaptation has been officially ordered to series.

By Jordan Crucchiola

Apr. 24, 2018

Five Great Writers Discussing Five Great BooksHari Kunzru, Jennifer Egan, Esmeralda Santiago, Imbolo Mbue, and Barry Jenkins discuss the five books vying to be this year’s One Book, One New York.

By Vulture Editors

adaptations Apr. 20, 2018

Barry Jenkins Got Help From Moonlight Playwright on James Baldwin Adaptation“I think the faces that existed in the time of Baldwin are still present in the New York I see today.”

By Trupti Rami

Apr. 2, 2018

Help Us Pick This Summer’s Must-Read BookVulture and the NYC Mayor’s Office present the 2018 One Book, One New York nominees.

By Jackson McHenry

sxsw 2017 Mar. 12, 2018

Here’s What Barry Jenkins Would Have Said at the Oscars, If Given the ChanceJenkins was a keynote speaker at SXSW.

By Jackson McHenry

you need a hug Feb. 23, 2018

Poor Barry Jenkins Is Still Very Much Haunted by That Oscars Fiasco“It made 2017 a very long year.”

By Dee Lockett

the industry Jan. 12, 2018

Barry Jenkins to Direct Chadwick Boseman in 1970s Thriller ExpatriateBoseman also co-wrote the script.

By Jordan Crucchiola

yes king! Jan. 4, 2018

Barry Jenkins Hilariously Livetweeted Notting Hill From a Plane“Oh god oh god watching a quasi love making scene between Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts over someone’s shoulder is like CRAZY AWKWARD!!!!”

By Hunter Harris

the industry July 10, 2017

Barry Jenkins to Direct Adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could TalkHe has the blessing of the Baldwin estate.

By Jordan Crucchiola

May 5, 2017

Barry Jenkins on How He Directed Dear White People’s Most Pivotal Episode“We are trying to work the audience into an empathic feeling, so that we understand what it’s like to be Reggie.”

By Matt Zoller Seitz

movies May 3, 2017