If Beale Street Could Talk Podcast Episodes

Written by James Baldwin

174 Episodes - 197 pages - ★★★★ - 14.3K ratings

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If Beale Street Could Talk

Is It Rotten? 100 Greatest. - December 26, 2019 06:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
On this episode of the Season of Giving Special, Edward The Fifth reviews the 2018 film, If Beale Street Could Talk and answers the question, Is It Rotten? Twitter: @isitrottencast  IG: @isitrottencast  Email: [email protected] Music bed: https://soundcloud.com/ibr/exhaling-in-the-fro...
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BBB S05E05 - Russian Doll (S1), Velvet Buzzsaw, Can You Ever Forgive Me, If Beale Street Could Talk

BBB RADIO - November 05, 2019 02:02 - 1 hour
In this week's episode, we weigh in on the highly-entertaining lyrical feud between Trinbagonian rappers HD57 and Micwise (of "The Hostility Podcast"), as well as review the Netflix series "Russian Doll" and the Dan Gilroy-directed supernatural thriller "Velvet Buzzsaw", in addition to the Oscar...
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If Beale Street Could Talk is ICONIC

Blewish - October 24, 2019 22:27 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Karma reviews the 1974 beauty If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin.
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How Baldwin's 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Is Bringing A Campus Together

St. Louis on the Air - October 21, 2019 21:04 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 113 ratings
Host Sarah Fenske talks with dean of the University of Missouri St. Louis Andrew Kersten and Associate Professor of History Priscilla Dowden-White about how James Baldwin’s 1974 novel is resonating across campus and the broader St. Louis community, decades after it was written. The conversation w...
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"If Beale Street Could Talk"

Everett Public Library Podcasts - September 03, 2019 16:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratings
A sweet love story set in 1970s Harlem. "Beale Street" features a hypnotically poetic environment, gorgeous cinematography, haunting music, exacting screenplay and incredible performances.   Alan Jacobson supplies "The Treatment".
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57: If Beale Street Could Talk [Movie Review]

Noire History - August 15, 2019 07:30 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
A review of "If Beale Street Could Talk", a Barry Jenkins film adapted from the James Baldwin book of the same name. Set in early 1970s Harlem, the film tells the story of Clementine “Tish” Rivers (Kiki Layne) and Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt (Stephan James), two young adults who are navigating their blo...
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“The Meaning of” Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk) – Ep94

"The Meaning Of" Podcast - August 09, 2019 13:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Welcome to the 94th episode of "The Meaning of" podcast. This week, Andres and RB3 continue their celebration of independent cinema with a look at visionary auteur Barry Jenkins! #TheMeaningOf Drop us a voice message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/the-meaning-of   SUPPORT "The Meaning Of" Podcas...
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Ep. 2 "If Beale Street Could Talk"

Pick Up the Tab - August 04, 2019 02:41 - 30 minutes
Our first completed read what a great start to this podcast! In this episode I very briefly go into who James Baldwin was, I share my comments and critiques, and I answer some discussion questions about the book! Make sure to tune in next Wednesday as we discuss "My Sister the Serial Killer" by...
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Worldview Adaptation - If Beale Street Could Talk

Story Grid Writers' Room - July 24, 2019 08:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Hope, love, and injustice intersect this week in Anne’s pitch: James Baldwin’s 1973 novel If Beale Street Could Talk, and the 2018 film adaptation that was written and directed by Barry Jenkins. Each week one of the Story Grid Editors—Jarie Bolander, Valerie Francis, Anne Hawley, Kim Kessler, o...
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Spotlight on SpiderMan Into The SpiderVerse and If Beale Street Could Talk

PopCulture Spotlight - July 11, 2019 08:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Spiderman into The SpiderVerse is the first movie introduction of Miles Morales as Spiderman of this animated Masterpiece with Peter Parker taking a bit of a backseat staring Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson and Hailee Steinfeld and If Beale Street Could Talk based on the novel is about a love story ...
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Ep 1. If Beale Street Could Talk

Clameur Du Cinema - July 09, 2019 21:52 - 52 minutes
We discuss Barry Jenkins' adaptation of James Baldwin's novel If Beale Street Could Talk.
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Episode 18 with Brown Girls Do It: If Beale Street Could Talk - Someone Great

CathieandJackWatchFilms - July 08, 2019 09:25 - 1 hour
We had Alicia and Iqra from the brilliant podcast Brown Girls Do It with us this week and they chose If Beale Street Could Talk and Someone Great to talk about!
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BSP Episode 478: If Beale Street Could Talk

Back Seat Producers - May 22, 2019 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
This movie is set in New York. They mention Beale Street in New Orleans. Neither of these cities has a Beale Street… Who knew? We streamed this episode on Wednesday night.  If you aren’t doing anything on Wednesday around 9 PM central, check out our Twitch stream. BackSeatProducers on www.twitch....
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If Beale Street Could Talk - Blog Reading

ADV Movie Podcast - May 02, 2019 22:21 - 6 minutes
Did you see the film If Beale Street Could Talk? Did you spend most of the film feeling like a racist? Because I did. Want to know why? Then listen to this latest episode of the ADV Movie Podcast in which I discuss the film and my experience of viewing it. Basically I told a black lady to get ou...
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If Beale Street Could Talk

Feminist Wednesday's BeaverTalk - April 24, 2019 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Happy Feminist Wednesday, Bettys! Erin & Diana are discussing Barry Jenkins’ beautiful and heartbreaking film If Beale Street Could Talk, adapted from James Baldwin’s book of the same name. The gals discuss the fine balance Jenkins strikes between cultural critique and romantic love story and sha...
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Cinema Corner Episode 1 - If Beale Street Could Talk

Please Don't Make Me Watch - April 17, 2019 05:50 - 15 minutes
Time for the brand new Please Don't Make Me Watch bonus show, Cinema Corner! Sam and Alice went to the cinema, so here's their review of If Beale Street Could Talk. We go into the film, and then also branch into an Oscars chat. WHERE WAS PADDINGTON 2?
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If Beale Street Could Talk, MoreFrames Animation, and Curation

Film Grain - April 08, 2019 19:17 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
"If Beale Street Could Talk" screens on April 10th, 2019, as part of the film society's dinner and a movie series. This week we also speak with Jordan Held and Gus Trauth of MoreFrames Animation. They then join for a roundtable discussion on film curation in the region.  Tickets Follow us on T...
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Movies | If Beale Street Could Talk

Broke Black & Bored - April 01, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
On this episode we talk about If Beale Street Could Talk..but first we take a moment to tall about the death of West Coast Rap Legend, Nipsey Hustle. Then we talk about our frustrations with race relations in America...and Ace isn't holding his tongue this time..
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40: If Beale Street Could Talk

Beef Station: A Film Podcast - March 17, 2019 07:27 - 1 hour
This week, the Beefbois dive into the gorgeous world Barry Jenkins has created in his new film, If Beale Street Could Talk (2019). Links: GIFs showing how Black and White movie VFX were done. Quick youtube intro into the Matte Process. In-depth summary of the history of effects before green ...
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13 Mar 2019 - Vox Lux & If Beale Street Could Talk

Film Fight Club - March 13, 2019 09:06 - 44 minutes
Where we fight about what the Oscars forgot
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If Beale Street Could Talk

Fade to Black Cinema - March 06, 2019 10:01 - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This Movie was not on my list of must see even though it was an African American movie until I realized it was directed by Barry Jenkins.  The brilliant writer directer of Moonlight (Oscar winning).   Jenkins took the book written by James Baldwin and wrote the screenplay for this amazing romanti...
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If Beale Street Could Talk Movie Review

Frames Per Second - March 01, 2019 01:53 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 438 ratings
Regina King won an Oscar for best supporting actress at the 91st Academy Awards for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk. It was her first Oscar nomination. Regina King played Sharon Rivers, the mother of Tish (lead character). If Beale Street Could Talk was a movie adapted from James Baldwin's...
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February on EH-FM: Berlinale, Glasgow, If Beale Street Could Talk, Capernaum, Oscar results & interviews with Gabrielle Brady & Shona Thomson

Cinetopia Radio - February 27, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
For the February edition of the EH-FM show,  Amanda Rogers is joined by Anni Asikainen, Paul Bruce (Edinburgh Short Film Festival), and Jim Ross (Managing Editor, TAKE ONE Magazine).  The team discuss the Oscar results and recent film festivals, as well as reviewing Barry Jenkins' new film If Be...
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Episode 292 - If Beale Street Could Talk, Happy Death Day 2U

Film Basterds - February 26, 2019 08:30 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
On this week's show we take in the great Oscar crime of the year If Beale Street Could Talk and genre hopping Blumhouse flick Happy Death Day 2U.
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Episode 24: If Beale Street Could Talk Discussion, with our favorite Trader Joe's carpool pals Brit and Richard

He Read She Read - February 26, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 243 ratings
On today’s episode, our IRL friends Brit and Richard are back to discuss If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. We saw the movie together and then read the book, which might sound backwards to some readers, but it enriched our conversation. We talk about the book, the movie, and how James ...
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If Beale Street Could Talk Review Discussion

Boring People, Bad Opinions - February 24, 2019 21:00 - 55 minutes
Jason, Nan, and Shank review and discuss the Barry Jenkins racially charged 2019 Best Picture nominee If Beale Street Could Talk.
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EPISODE 59: If Buzzsaw Street could talk (We review if Beale Street could talk and Velvet Buzzsaw)

Talk Filmy to Me - February 24, 2019 10:47 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Gather round Filmy People, Welcome back to Talk Filmy to Me, a film podcast where 2 or more idiots dive into the latest and greatest in the world of Film and general pop culture. This week’s podcast is hosted by Adam Flint and Jamie Hannan, where we review If Beale Street could talk and Velvet ...
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187. Green Book, Alita Battle Angel & If Beale Street Could Talk

Film Chat - February 23, 2019 17:30 - 1 hour ★★★ - 4 ratings
On this belated edition of Film Chat we review what we are positive will be the most talked about film of the year. I am of course referring to the groundbreaking Alita: Battle Angel. Danny also found time to review Green Book which he found to be an overly simplistic, somewhat offensive look a...
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134 - If Beale Street Could Talk and Moonlight - Second Screening

Eavesdropping at the Movies - February 23, 2019 13:37 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratings
We return to Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk, his sumptuous romantic drama set in 1970s New York, for a deep dive, and take the opportunity to revisit his previous film, 2016's Best Picture winner Moonlight. It's an enriching conversation and we're glad we took the time to engage in it....
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Episode 130: Composer Nicholas Britell On The Music Of If Beale Street Could Talk, VICE and Battle Of The Sexes

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman - February 22, 2019 13:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 129 ratings
If the release of If Beale Street Could Talk gave us a much needed excuse to get Barry Jenkins onto our screen music podcast, Soundtracking, then it also provided the perfect opportunity to invite his composer Nicholas Britell back for a second time. Nicholas's turn in episode 46 was a delight,...
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