To mark the release of Barry Jenkins’ assured adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk (out on Fri 8 Feb), throughout February we’re revisiting this brilliant director’s previous work and some of the key influences on his new film and his iconic, Oscar® winning masterpiece Moonlight.

As well as his exquisite coming of age drama Moonlight (Sun 24 Feb), we'll rediscover Jenkins' acclaimed San Francisco set debut Medicine for Melancholy (Sun 17 Feb) and its astute exploration of black identity and self-discovery. Plus Claire Denis' corporeal study of masculinity Beau Travail (Sun 3 Feb) and the beautiful romantic triptych Three Times by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s serve as two key examples of the type of European and Asian cinema that has influenced the work of one of the most talked-about independent film directors of recent years.

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