If Beale Street Could Talk is Colman Domingo’s first time acting for Barry Jenkins, but it’s his second time performing James Baldwin’s work. He adapted Baldwin’s essay Nothing Personal with Patricia McGregor into 30 pages of dialogue and performed it on stage as James Baldwin-type character in celebration of the author’s 90th birthday.
In Beale Street, Domingo plays Joseph Rivers, husband to Sharon (Regina King). He’s the patriarch of the Rivers family, but spiritually, he’s Moses to his children’s generation in Harlem; making a way where there was none. (See our interview with director Barry Jenkins about the spiritual themes in his film).
We spoke with Domingo about developing Baldwin’s work for the stage and how it prepared him for playing Joseph in the film. Domingo talks about the real blue-collar men who inspired his performance, from Joseph’s voice to his smoking habit.
In Beale Street, Domingo plays Joseph Rivers, husband to Sharon (Regina King). He’s the patriarch of the Rivers family, but spiritually, he’s Moses to his children’s generation in Harlem; making a way where there was none. (See our interview with director Barry Jenkins about the spiritual themes in his film).
We spoke with Domingo about developing Baldwin’s work for the stage and how it prepared him for playing Joseph in the film. Domingo talks about the real blue-collar men who inspired his performance, from Joseph’s voice to his smoking habit.
- 12/25/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Alex Wolff (“In Treatment”) and newcomer Themo Melikidze (“Beautiful Something”) will play Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the brothers responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing, in Peter Berg‘s drama “Patriots Day,” TheWrap has exclusively learned. Mark Wahlberg stars alongside John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Kevin Bacon and Michelle Monaghan. The film co-stars Jimmy O. Yang, Michael Beach, Vincent Curatola and James Colby. “Patriots Day” chronicles the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. The Tsarnaev brothers (pictured below) were radicalized terrorists responsible for the bombing and the violence that followed. Also Read: Kevin Bacon Joins Mark Wahlberg in 'Patriots Day'...
- 4/4/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
San Francisco's Frameline39, "the granddaddy of the world’s Lgbtq festivals," opens tonight, "and by the time it finishes June 28, about 60,000 people will have bought tickets to 180 films from 33 countries," announces David Lewis at SFGate. We're sampling recommendations from around the Bay Area, which include Christian Braad Thomsen's documentary Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands, Joseph Graham's Beautiful Something, Natalia Leite's Bare, Justin Kelly's I Am Michael, Alante Kavaite's The Summer of Sangaile, Stu Maddox's Reel in the Closet and Mark Christopher's director's cut of 54 (1998). » - David Hudson...
- 6/18/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
San Francisco's Frameline39, "the granddaddy of the world’s Lgbtq festivals," opens tonight, "and by the time it finishes June 28, about 60,000 people will have bought tickets to 180 films from 33 countries," announces David Lewis at SFGate. We're sampling recommendations from around the Bay Area, which include Christian Braad Thomsen's documentary Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands, Joseph Graham's Beautiful Something, Natalia Leite's Bare, Justin Kelly's I Am Michael, Alante Kavaite's The Summer of Sangaile, Stu Maddox's Reel in the Closet and Mark Christopher's director's cut of 54 (1998). » - David Hudson...
- 6/18/2015
- Keyframe
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