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.

ANGELA TUCKER was involved in a horrific car accident that killed her mother and younger sister. The accident left her mute, a side effect from post-traumatic stress. She has issues remembering exactly what happened in the accident. Throughout the film, she sees glimpses and moments of the accident in flashbacks. Her memory of how or why the accident happened is non-existent. She has also experienced slight amnesia, subsequently forgetting several details of her life before the accident. Angela's friend take her on a trip to woods to help her rest and the group soon discover that the woods aren't as friendly as they thought they might be... As a group of locals turn the friend's weekend getaway into a savage bloodbath...
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Women have always been integral to science fiction, and these amazing women prove why.
"Come Play" was entertaining and had some great ideas about how to scare children away from playing with facial recognition settings.
'Rag Tag' encompasses the diversity within the African Diaspora by showing London Nigerian men learning to regulate their emotions while navigating love and societal pressures.
Elio could be seen as fantastic piece of representation, showing lonely children who feel ostracized that they are not alone. That is, unless you look behind the curtain.
The Roses is a wickedly sharp marital warfare comedy that transforms domestic dysfunction into high art. Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch deliver powerhouse performances as a couple whose fairy-tale romance implodes when his architectural career collapses just as her culinary empire takes off. What makes Jay Roach's remake so devastatingly effective is its refusal to pick sides—both spouses are equally sympathetic and monstrous, wielding Tony McNamara's razor-sharp dialogue like weapons forged from shared intimacies. It's a film that dares you to laugh at relationship wreckage while forcing you to confront the uncomfortable truth that the line between passionate love and mutual destruction is terrifyingly thin.