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in Editor, InterviewsInterview: Composer Nicholas Britell on the Music of ‘The Underground Railroad’
It goes without saying that Nicholas Britell is a musical genius. A two-time Academy Award nominee, as well as an Emmy Award winner, Britell is one of the best composers in the business. Whether it’s recurring work with directors like Barry Jenkins and Adam McKay, or just his for-hire gigs, he brings something special to […] More
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Interview: William Jackson Harper on ‘The Underground Railroad’ and Playing the Romantic Lead
Actor William Jackson Harper is best known for his Emmy-nominated performance as the highly moral Chidi Anagonye in The Good Place. After that show wrapped its four-season run just over one year ago, Harper is stepping into the role of a man with a very different but equally compelling set of ethics. In the upcoming […] More
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Interview: Joel Edgerton on Grappling with Disturbing Content and Paternal Influences in ‘The Underground Railroad’
Barry Jenkins’ new Amazon Prime Video limited series The Underground Railroad sets its story in a world where conductors operate a network of actual trains and stations. Among the key players is a character intent on finding and destroying the railroad since it negatively impacts his business: slavecatcher Arnold Ridgeway, who travels from state to […] More
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Interview: Talking ‘The Underground Railroad’ with Sheila Atim
Sheila Atim may not have a ton of time to make her mark in the new Amazon series The Underground Railroad, from director Barry Jenkins, but she makes every second count. The series tells the story of Cora (Thuso Mbedu), a slave who runs away from the plantation she’s been kept on and finds herself on a journey […] More
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TV Review: ‘The Underground Railroad’ is Another Barry Jenkins Masterpiece
Even just ten years ago, it would have been tough to imagine someone in Barry Jenkins’ position following up the Oscar-winning likes of Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk with a 10-episode television series for Amazon. That it doesn’t seem too far-fetched is a sign of how the times have changed. We’re lucky for this shift, as without it […] More
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Barry Jenkins’ Teases His Amazon Limited Series ‘The Underground Railroad’
Any project from Barry Jenkins is going to be among the most anticipated upcoming releases, and that’s certainly true of his Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad. While Jenkins has slowly been teasing out little looks of the mysterious project, we’ve now gotten our first proper glance into what the series will entail, with the first official teaser […] More
