No. 10 (2019) If Beale Street Could Talk. Feb 2nd.

Film No 10 (2019) Feb. 2nd.  10:45 AM  LUNA PALACE Leederville . 

"Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, trust it all the way". (Sharon reassures Tish that she should have no regrets for her feelings for Fonny).

Barry Jenkins has adapted James Baldwin's novel with great compassion and intelligence. It's possibly more meticulous from a production POV than Moonlight. The story is simply the tale of two young black Americans Tish (Kiki Layne) and Fonny (Stevan James) who find one another, fall deeply in love and passionately consummate their feelings for one another within days. Meanwhile an unfortunate incident leaves Fonny with no control over his destiny and wrongfully imprisoned. Tish is pregnant, and with the support of her loving family does all that's possible to get Fonny released. Jenkins unravels that narrative using clever, never confusing, time transitions and lingering close-ups to emphasis the ache in the collective hearts of our heroes. Some have called Beale Street "too slow", in my opinion they are missing the point. It's a powerhouse of a film 10GUMS.