If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

IMDb plot summary: A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime.
Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, and Teyonah Parris.

I've been trying to sort out for a day now what I want to say about this -- not because it's so complex, but because my response is so simple: "Yeah, that was pretty good." I feel a little guilty for not really having the words for what made this good, or for having a bigger emotional response to what is clearly a well-made film. Solid writing, solid acting, solid camera work. I like that it ends on a note of hope even while allowing things to play out badly. It didn't blow me away the way I hoped it might, but it's well worth watching.

How it entered my Flickchart:
If Beale Street Could Talk > Mad Max
If Beale Street Could Talk < A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit
If Beale Street Could Talk > Lord of the Flies
If Beale Street Could Talk < The Exterminating Angel
If Beale Street Could Talk > The Horse's Mouth
If Beale Street Could Talk > You Can't Take It With You
If Beale Street Could Talk > The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
If Beale Street Could Talk < The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
If Beale Street Could Talk > The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
If Beale Street Could Talk > Idiocracy
If Beale Street Could Talk > Young Frankenstein
Final spot: #934 out of 2947.