Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

A man begins to question his relationship with a woman.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Bong Joon Ho’s masterpiece, Parasite (2019) became one of the few international films to break into the American mainstream.
Treated like a granter of wishes for those earning out of retelling the same tragedy, Marilyn looks like she's caged in different stages of trauma for us to stare at, instead of someone we’ve finally allowed to rest in peace.
As an Indian lesbian living in the United Kingdom, the cards are stacked against Geetika from the start.
The film is a simple love story reminiscent of stories like The Notebook released in 2004. Sylvie and Robert are rarely actually together in the film, however; time and circumstance keep them away from each other, and the audience waits with bated breath to see them find one another over and over.
This inspiring true story falls nothing short of filling the audience with a passion to strive for their wildest dreams.