Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Press Play Oscars Edition: Barry Jenkins, Black Panther, and more
The 91st Academy Awards are coming up on Sunday. We hear from “If Beale Street Could Talk” director Barry Jenkins; the production designer of “Isle of Dogs;” and Tim Blake Nelson, who plays the title character in “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m ListenThe 91st Academy Awards are coming up on Sunday. We hear from “If Beale Street Could Talk” director Barry Jenkins; the production designer of “Isle of Dogs;” and Tim Blake Nelson, who plays the title character in “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” We also discuss the cultural significance of “Black Panther.”
In this episode
4 storiesTim Blake Nelson on ‘Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ and being the Coen brothers’ muse of sorts
The Coen brothers have a knack for elevating character actors to leading men. They did it with actor Tim Blake Nelson in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” where he played Delmar O'Donnell.
Read the story13 minHow Best Picture nominee ‘Black Panther’ is a rebuke to white supremacy
Marvel’s “Black Panther” made history last year as the first big budget superhero movie with a black director and a predominantly black cast.
Read the story12 minThe tiniest details matter in the stop-motion world of ‘Isle of Dogs’
Wes Anderson’s latest foray into stop-motion animation has earned him a Best Animated Feature nod this year. “Isle of Dogs” takes place in a futuristic Japan, where an evil mayor has exiled all dogs to a place called Trash Island.
Read the story10 minBarry Jenkins adapts James Baldwin’s ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” is nominated for several Oscars this year. Adapted from a James Baldwin novel, the movie is a love story between young Tish and Fonny.
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