If Beale Street Could Talk, based on Baldwin’s 1974 book of the same name, is the second adaptation of a Baldwin novel ever, and the first in the English language.
After dazzling us with that Best Picture winner, the filmmaker is back with an adaptation of a James Baldwin novel.
Shot by Moonlight cinematographer James Laxton, the film is brimming with colorful, stunning imagery, and another great smoking scene that makes cigarettes look way too sexy.
And if anyone was going to bring Baldwin’s rich and powerful prose to the screen, the Moonlight director is the perfect fit.