If Beale Street Could Talk
FILM 9PM, BBC4, IPLAYER
After a clutch of Oscar wins for Moonlight (available on BBC iplayer), the film’s director Barry Jenkins followed it up with this 2018 drama based on a James Baldwin story. A young woman (Kiki Layne, in a really impressive feature film debut) and her family try to clear the name of her boyfriend (Stephan James), the father of her unborn child, who has falsely been accused of rape. Regina King, who won an Oscar for her role, co-stars. ★★★★ JP