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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’: Barry Jenkins Defends Film Over “Soulless Disney” Criticism Online

May 1, 2024 11:18 am

Filmmaker Barry Jenkins has made some astounding progressive leaps in his career. In 2016, after one acclaimed but tiny-budgeted micro-indie, “Medicine For Melancholy,” he won the Academy Award for Best Pictur...

‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Trailer: Barry Jenkins’ Live-Action Prequel Arrives In December

Rodrigo Perez

April 29, 2024 8:57 am

News, Trailers

Filmmaker Barry Jenkins has made celebrated indies (“Medicine for Melancholy”), Academy Award-winning dramas (“Moonlight,” “If Beale Street Could Talk”), and an epic ten-part historical period series (“The Und...

Barry Jenkins’ ‘Underground Railroad’ Comes To The Criterion Collection In June

Rodrigo Perez

March 15, 2024 2:35 pm

News, Television

While Criterion devotes itself to essential classics and contemporary films, in a rare but not unprecedented move, the boutique DVD/Blu-Ray cinephile label is adding some TV to its collection in June. Just ann...

‘True Detective: Night Country’ Trailer: Jodie Foster Leads A “Dark, F**ked-up Mystery In January

Rodrigo Perez

December 4, 2023 11:20 am

News, Television, Trailers

It’s been four years since “True Detective” aired on HBO, but the series returns for a fourth season, subtitled ‘Night Country’ on January 14, 2024. Creator Nic Pizzolatto couldn’t come to terms with HBO on th...

HBO’s Casey Bloys Says Barry Jenkins’ Sequel Season To ‘The Knick’ Probably Won’t Happen

Ned Booth

November 2, 2023 12:51 pm

News, Television

Bad news for fans of Steven Soderbergh's short-lived Cinemax series "The Knick": at a press conference for the 2024 release calendars for HBO and Max today, HBO head Casey Bloys confirmed that Barry Jenkins' s...

‘True Detective: Night Country’ Teaser: HBO’s Acclaimed Crime Series Returns January 14, 2024

Edward Davis

September 27, 2023 4:17 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Once one of the most anticipated TV mini-series of 2023, the overdue fourth season of “True Detective” now returns in 2024. Now subtitled, ‘Night Country’ and not on the air since 2019, “True Detective: Night ...

‘Medicine for Melancholy’: Barry Jenkins Reflects On His Lo-Fi Debut & Why He Didn’t Think It Was Criterion Collection Worthy At First [Interview]

Robert Daniels

June 21, 2023 12:11 pm

Features, Interviews, News

Before “The Underground Railroad.” Before “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Before his Best Picture-winning “Moonlight,” there was “Medicine for Melancholy.” The debut feature from writer/director Barry Jenkins, “...

First Look: ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Starring Jodie Foster Appears In New 2023 HBO Max Teaser

Rodrigo Perez

December 21, 2022 7:21 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Whatever happened with HBO’s hit series, “True Detective,” you ask? The short version is essentially this. Series creator and writer Nic Pizzolatto essentially parted ways with HBO. He pitched a season four id...

‘Mufasa: The Lion King’: Barry Jenkins Says Upcoming Prequel Has “A Ton Of Familiar Faces,” “Wonderful Musical Numbers”

Ned Booth

September 22, 2022 11:28 am

News

After "Moonlight," "If Beale Street Could Talk," and "The Underground Railroad," did anyone expect Barry Jenkins's next film to be... a prequel to "The Lion King"? It's a total left-field move by Jenkins. Afte...

Jodie Foster Joins HBO’s Female-Centric ‘True Detective: Night Country’ That Is Set In Alaska

Christopher Marc

May 26, 2022 6:25 pm

News, Television

A new era of “True Detective” is on the way as HBO has recruited Mexican filmmaker Issa López (“Tigers Are Not Afraid”) to write/direct the pilot for “True Detective: Night Country” with Barry Jenkins (“Moonli...

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