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Martin Carr reviews The Underground Railroad… Oscar-winning writer director Barry Jenkins comes to Amazon with a story of conflicting cultural identity and social intolerance. Adapted from the novel by Colson Whitehead, who serves as an executive producer alongside both Barry Jenkins and Brad Pitt, The Underground Railroad pulls no punches. Caesar (Aaron Pierce) and Cora (Thuso Mbedu) serve as the eyes and ears to an audience invited into this visceral experience. Not since Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, has a main stream piece of art tried to tackle the topic of colour blindness in...

Barry Jenkins and Thuso Mbedu on the set of “The Underground Railroad,” which took an emotional toll on the cast and crew. “This show has broken me, if not once a week, every other week,” Jenkins said.Credit...Atsushi Nishijima/Amazon Studios The Great Read The Epic Journey to ‘The Underground Railroad’ How Barry Jenkins and his band of indie filmmakers made television’s most ambitious take on American slavery since “Roots.” Barry Jenkins and Thuso Mbedu on the set of “The Underground Railroad,” which took an emotional toll on the cast an...

The Underground Railroad is available on Amazon Prime from 14 May 2021. When Barry Jenkins first heard of the underground railroad as a child, he pictured Black men and women building, piloting and riding steam trains through the innards of antebellum America, whisking slaves away from the plantations of the South to freedom in the North. “There was something magical about it,” Jenkins tells me over Zoom on a Saturday morning in March. “I still remember it as being one of the purest senses of pride for being Black that I’ve ever had.” Learning, eventually, that the railroad was...

Timeless Clothing: Michael Wilkinson talks about Noah April 16, 2014 by admin “There was an opening in my schedule,” recalls Michael Wilkinson who had completed the costume designs for Man of Steel (2013) when an opportunity arose to work on Noah (2014) helmed by Darren Aronofsky ( Black Swan).  “My agents introduced me to Darren who was looking for someone to help design this epic movie.  I had a series of Skype interviews, was awarded the job and headed over to New York to work with him.”  The native of Australia remarks, “I always like to have images in front of me when I’...

Russell Crowe to Star in ‘Rothko’ About Daughter’s Fight to Preserve Artist’s Legacy Sam Taylor-Johnson will direct the film co-starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jared Harris and Aisling FranciosiBrian Welk | March 5, 2021 @ 11:45 AM Last Updated: March 5, 2021 @ 11:50 AM Getty Images Russell Crowe is set to star as artist Mark Rothko in a film titled “Rothko” and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. Crowe will lead an ensemble cast that includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jared Harris and Aisling Franciosi, and the film will be set in the ar...