Filmmaking can be a battle, and sometimes it pays to have your friends by your side. And Oscar winner Barry Jenkins, whose “Moonlight” took home Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, and of course, Best Picture at the Oscars, has kept his colleagues close. His short student film “My Josephine” featured cinematography by James Laxton and production design by Joi McMillon, both of whom would go on to work with him on “Moonlight” (Laxton stayed behind the camera and also worked on Jenkins’ debut feature “Medicine For Melancholy,” while McMillon stepped into the editing bay with Nat Sanders, who also worked on ‘Medicine’).
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- 2/28/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
A buzzed-about trailer led to the year’s most acclaimed film, the year’s most acclaimed film has created a minor cultural phenomenon, and what comes next might be a historic occasion — but we’ll save that for later, or simply leave it up to the prognosticators. If it seems a bit too difficult to escape Moonlight, forgive us for adding onto the pile with three videos that, first, show us where the film came from and then illustrate the film’s creation.
First is My Josephine, a very Wong Kar-wai-esque short that Barry Jenkins and Dp James Laxton (read my interview with him here) collaborated on in 2003. On his Vimeo page (via No Film School), he describes it like so:
“My first short film, photography by James Laxton, as always. Still my favorite. Written shortly after 9/11, wasn’t actually made for another year because of the way things shook out in school.
First is My Josephine, a very Wong Kar-wai-esque short that Barry Jenkins and Dp James Laxton (read my interview with him here) collaborated on in 2003. On his Vimeo page (via No Film School), he describes it like so:
“My first short film, photography by James Laxton, as always. Still my favorite. Written shortly after 9/11, wasn’t actually made for another year because of the way things shook out in school.
- 12/8/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
When IndieWire asked top casting directors to name the best-cast films of 2016, more than half wanted to write about “Moonlight.”
Considering the awards attention being lavished on the cast, and for Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris in particular, the uniformity of opinion wasn’t entirely unexpected. However, the peers of “Moonlight” casting director Yesi Ramirez also provided eye-opening insight into the significant obstacles of casting Barry Jenkins’ film.
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“Forget the Csa’s Artios Award – Yesi should get a Purple Heart,” remarked casting director Mark Bennett (“20th Century Women”).
It is a challenge to cast children, especially for the emotionally raw material found in the script that Jenkins adapted from Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play. It is a challenge to rely on local, non-acting performers. It is a challenge to find three actors to play each of the...
Considering the awards attention being lavished on the cast, and for Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris in particular, the uniformity of opinion wasn’t entirely unexpected. However, the peers of “Moonlight” casting director Yesi Ramirez also provided eye-opening insight into the significant obstacles of casting Barry Jenkins’ film.
Read More: Here Are the Best-Cast Films of 2016, According to Top Casting Directors
“Forget the Csa’s Artios Award – Yesi should get a Purple Heart,” remarked casting director Mark Bennett (“20th Century Women”).
It is a challenge to cast children, especially for the emotionally raw material found in the script that Jenkins adapted from Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play. It is a challenge to rely on local, non-acting performers. It is a challenge to find three actors to play each of the...
- 12/7/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Director Barry Jenkins’ second feature film “Moonlight,” about the life of a young black male coming to terms with his environment and sexuality, has garnered widespread critical acclaim and has grossed over $9 million since its release. Before “Moonlight,” Jenkins has only directed one other feature film, but he has also directed a little-seen student film before that. Watch his 2003 short film “My Josephine” below, courtesy of Jenkins and Vimeo. According to Jenkins, it was written and directed shortly after 9/11 and it functions as a reminder to channel “this energy” to create.
Read More: ‘Moonlight’ Review: Barry Jenkins Delivers a Mesmerizing Look at Black Life in America
Jenkins’ first film “Medicine for Melancholy” follows the one-day romance between two black twenty-somethings Micah (Wyatt Cenac) and Jo (Tracey Heggins) as they discuss racial identity and gentrification in San Francisco. It premiered at SXSW in 2008 and Jenkins won the Marlon Riggs Award from...
Read More: ‘Moonlight’ Review: Barry Jenkins Delivers a Mesmerizing Look at Black Life in America
Jenkins’ first film “Medicine for Melancholy” follows the one-day romance between two black twenty-somethings Micah (Wyatt Cenac) and Jo (Tracey Heggins) as they discuss racial identity and gentrification in San Francisco. It premiered at SXSW in 2008 and Jenkins won the Marlon Riggs Award from...
- 12/5/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
This early December weekend usually launches a few prime awards hopefuls. Fox Searchlight often claims the date for such Oscar contenders as “Wild.” This year they present Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s first English-language movie “Jackie,” starring Oscar contender Natalie Portman as JFK’s grieving widow Jacqueline Kennedy in the week after her husband’s death.
The fall festival hit scored well, placing it in position to join four other recent breakout specialized films led by “Manchester by the Sea” (Roadside Attractions), “Loving” and “Nocturnal Animals” (Focus Features) and ongoing “Moonlight” (A24), all grossing over $600,000 this weekend and placing just a little below the Top Ten.
Opening
“Jackie” (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 79; Festivals include: Venice, Toronto, New York, AFI 2016
$275,000 in 5 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $55,000
Pablo Larraín’s second of three 2016 releases (along with “The Club” and upcoming “Neruda”) performed strongly in its initial New York/Los Angeles dates. Its...
The fall festival hit scored well, placing it in position to join four other recent breakout specialized films led by “Manchester by the Sea” (Roadside Attractions), “Loving” and “Nocturnal Animals” (Focus Features) and ongoing “Moonlight” (A24), all grossing over $600,000 this weekend and placing just a little below the Top Ten.
Opening
“Jackie” (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 79; Festivals include: Venice, Toronto, New York, AFI 2016
$275,000 in 5 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $55,000
Pablo Larraín’s second of three 2016 releases (along with “The Club” and upcoming “Neruda”) performed strongly in its initial New York/Los Angeles dates. Its...
- 12/4/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
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