‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Review: Inside Barry Jenkins’ Mesmerizing Follow-Up to ‘Moonlight’
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After his ‘Moonlight’ won Best Picture, the celebrated filmmaker has chosen to adapt James Baldwin’s 1974 novel. And he has another success on his hands, writes Richard Porton.
TORONTO, Canada—When James Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk was published in 1974, the critical reaction was decidedly mixed. Baldwin was probably the most ubiquitous African-American intellectual of
