The Fire Inside, the boxing drama directed Rachel Morrison and written by Barry Jenkins, tells the true story of boxing ...

Mufasa: The Lion King” is an odd movie. Realistic-looking lions, warthogs, meerkats and whatever break into song repeatedly.

Based on Neil Gaiman’s 2002 dark fantasy, the show follows the ... “Mufasa” works as a big-movie entertainment and, even more surprisingly, as a Barry Jenkins film.

Concerned about Barry Jenkins doing a “Lion King” movie ... Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox. Blue stars as Kiara, the princess cub of Simba ...

Barry Jenkins did what ... Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox. "Mufasa" offered a different kind of challenge for Jenkins, mostly because “Moonlight ...

With two major movies opening next month, filmmaker Barry Jenkins discusses ‘Mufasa,’ ‘The Fire Inside’ and bouncing back from near-catastrophe on ‘The Underground Railroad.’ ...

Barry Jenkins never set out to make movies for the masses. He's a champion of independent ... to make sense of all this chaos, to show that we're all navigating it in our own ways and we are just ...

With songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Mufasa” works as a big-movie entertainment and, even more surprisingly, as a Barry Jenkins film. “My head was spinning when this started,” Jenkins says.

Concerned about Barry Jenkins doing a “Lion King ... moved from screen to stage with a Broadway show. The new “Mufasa” songs boost the movie's character development and overall grandeur ...

Concerned about Barry Jenkins doing a “Lion King” movie ... music has been a "Lion King" staple as it moved from screen to stage with a Broadway show. The new “Mufasa” songs boost the movie's ...