2016 Directed by Barry Jenkins
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Frederick Howard Chris David Onnalee Blank Mathew Waters Joshua Adeniji Alessandro Checcacci Christopher Bonis
MOONLIGHT is *MAGNIFICENT.* a specific but utterly symphonic portrait of masculinity in the modern world. every shot is seared into my brain. it's also a devastatingly beautiful love story. to put it in the most reductive / tantalizing terms possible, think CAROL by way of Frank Ocean.
most likely the best film of 2016 so far.
The hype has never, ever, ever been so real. And the best birthday present that I ever could have asked for. A marvel -- a modern masterwork of unadulterated understanding. Understanding of isolation, of idiosyncrasies; understanding of care, of compassion; understanding of darkness & disparities, of spectrums, of sexuality; understanding of memories & maliciousness, of (forced) numbness, of nostalgia; understanding of catharsis. Catharsis. The third act of this film is nothing short of the purest shaping and structuring of cathartic cinema. One of, if not the finest sophomore feature of the last half-decade. A miracle of a film... an experience which we are blessed to have exist in our current, rapturously unsympathetic reality.
It doesn't matter who you sleep with, look like, voted for, your age, what part of the world you live in, your hairstyle, who your favorite member of Nickelback is, what type of car you drive, what music you listen to, your sex; a good movie is a good movie. You don't have to be a certain "type" of person to appreciate quality cinema. A great film should bring people closer, not rip them apart. That's what I got out of Barry Jenkins' Moonlight.
Mahershala Ali is the motherfucker, ain't he? Fuck yes! What a screen presence. The orange juice scene will stay with me for a very long time. For such a short amount of time on screen, Mr…
I'm not sure we as a society deserve a movie as empathetic and open-hearted as Moonlight right now, but I'm grateful it exists.
It is so perfectly lit, and perfectly shot. How this didn't win for best cinematography is beyond me. It moves through Chiron's frustrating upbringing with grace, thanks in no small part to the human touch of Janelle Monae and Mahershala Ali. It navigates the murky waters of modern masculinity so admirably, and it tackles its themes with no trouble at all. 'Moonlight' is what happens when an idea with a lot of depth to it is masterfully translated to the screen by a director in full control of his outstanding cast.
Beautiful movie, but i had issues wrapping my head around how a progressive crack dealer fostered a child who didn't know how to stand up for himself.
Other than that, i loved the blocking, i loved the lighting, the score was beautiful.
Most stand out moment in that movie was the inventive camera work when the dealer and the kid were having a conversation while he was driving.
Moonlight is a beautiful "little" movie unlike anything ever told before on screen. However, just because it is first does not mean that it is perfect. While the fragility of black masculinity has never been depicted on film in the homosexual context, Moonlight does not fully flesh out this idea as well as it could have done. A lot of that is due to the short runtime, which would have benefited from a Boyhood-esque length. The story is also too expansive for its own good, covering three time periods in a relatively modest runtime, and forgoing some character development as a result. There is a great story here, but it feels unfinished. Nevertheless, Moonlight is a captivating watch, and certainly deserves its status in the history of cinema as a momentous cultural event.
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