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tv June 22, 2020

Boots Riley’s ‘Absurd’ New TV Project Stars Jharrel Jerome as a 13-Foot-Tall ManAfter Sorry to Bother You, our bar for dark and absurd is sky-high.

By Halle Kiefer
the toughest scene i wrote Feb. 4, 2019

Boots Riley Tells Us the Story Behind Sorry to Bother You’s Horse People“I had a girlfriend at the time who was very into horses and claimed it wasn’t sexual, so that was probably one of the reasons it got into my head.”

By Jordan Crucchiola

new yorker festival Oct. 7, 2018

Jordan Peele and Donald Glover Almost Starred in Sorry to Bother YouBut Get Out and Solo got in the way.

By Hunter Harris
criticisms Aug. 24, 2018

Spike Lee Defends BlacKkKlansman Depiction of Police After Boots Riley Critique“Look at my films: They’ve been very critical of the police, but on the other hand I’m never going to say all police are corrupt.”

By Halle Kiefer
criticisms Aug. 17, 2018

Boots Riley Takes Issue With the ‘Made-Up’ Story of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansmanThe Sorry to Bother You director says the film’s deviations from the real story all seem designed to depict the police as champions against racism.

By Halle Kiefer
bechdel test Aug. 9, 2018

Boots Riley Defends Tessa Thompson’s Sorry to Bother You CharacterRiley insists that Detroit definitely isn’t a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

By Jackson McHenry
reshoots wigs Aug. 7, 2018

Can You Guess the Exorbitant Price of Tessa Thompson’s Thor: Ragnarok Wig?What a queen deserves.

By Jordan Crucchiola
movies Aug. 5, 2018

Boots Riley Says Distributors Are Rejecting Sorry to Bother You“Even tho we’r outperforming a gang of other movies, distributors r claiming “Black movies” dont do well internationally”

By Anne Victoria Clark
close reads July 18, 2018

How Sorry to Bother You Found (and Used) Its White VoiceDirector Boots Riley explains Sorry to Bother You’s brilliant dubbing effect.

By Hunter Harris
profile July 6, 2018

Boots Riley Wants You to StrikeThe Coup rapper just made his first movie, Sorry to Bother You, about the ravages of late-stage capitalism — and it’s poised to be a hit.

By Jayson Greene
for sale July 3, 2018

Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy Sorry to Bother You WeedPuff puff, demolish capitalism.

By Hunter Harris
movies July 3, 2018

The Stories Behind Sorry to Bother You’s Technicolor CostumesThe movie’s costume designer talks Vulture through the wardrobes for the five main characters.

By Hunter Harris

backstories July 2, 2018

Prep for Sorry to Bother You by Watching Boots Riley’s Videos With the CoupBoots Riley’s videos double as something of a prehistory to his directorial debut.

By Keith Phipps
sorry to bother you June 29, 2018

The Sorry to Bother You Cast Dishes on Their Group TextsGIFs, memes, baby pics — and horse dicks.

By Hunter Harris, Rachel Handler, and Granger Willson
trailer mix May 17, 2018

Sorry to Bother You, But the Sorry to Bother You Redband Trailer Is HereLakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson take on selling out in director Boots Riley’s trippy fantasy satire.

By Halle Kiefer