Moonlight reviews – "devastating drama is vital portrait of black gay masculinity"

[StraxStrax]

Variety:

Barry Jenkins' vital portrait of a South Florida youth revisits the character at three stages in his life, offering rich insights into the contemporary African-American experience.

TheWrap:

Jenkins and McCraney have artfully cobbled together something that is impressionistic and wondrous, like a compendium of half-remembered memories, tinged by sadness.

Guardian:

A rarely seen portrait of what it really means to be a black gay man in America today. It's a stunning achievement.

The Playlist:

There have simply not been enough films about the gay experience of African-Americans or other people of color for that matter. Is is not hyperbole to note Barry Jenkins' magnificent new drama "Moonlight" is a historic achievement in this regard.

THR

Glows like its title.

What says you Film Room

 

[steadyrighteous]

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Is this a beta test thread before v2.0 goes in TLR

 

[SuikodenII]

As long as there's no explicit sexual content, I'll check it out

 

[StraxStrax]

Spoiler

Is this a beta test thread before v2.0 goes in TLR

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Hah I made a thread there after this post. Gonna be fun

 

[TheGodling]

Algernon!

This looks pretty good btw. A24 has become a huge player when it comes to independent cinema these past few years and even with the occasional misses their line-up over the years is still hella impressive.

 

[Figaro]

Too many close calls in that trailer for me to check this out brehs

 

[duncanthetall]

Ehhhh I dunno. Seems like a good movie. Might peep.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Remy out here raising booty pirates?!

shyt look kinda good tho

 

[Jean toomer]

I think it's important to support black film making in general regardless of genre. Barry Jenkins made another very good movie, medicine for melancholy, a couple years back about a heterosexual black couple. I would hope the Coli becomes a conduit for such support rather than the same tired tropes about supporting 'the gay agenda.'

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

One one hand the trailer for this shyt looks real good on the other hand I dunno this subject matter makes me a bit too uncomfortable. The fact that mostly white critics loving this shyt too is also making me uncomfortable

 

[Jean toomer]

One one hand the trailer for this shyt looks real good on the other hand I dunno this subject matter makes me a bit too uncomfortable. The fact that mostly white critics loving this shyt too is also making me uncomfortable

10 years a slave had to be one of the most uncomfortable disturbing movie experiences I've ever had. That being said, I chose to support McQueen and the black actors and learned a hell of a lot at the same time. Homosexuality isn't my cup of tea but I respect others and know that it's an important aspect of the black experience. Should I look at Langston Hughes James Baldwin or Billy Strayhorn differently?

 

[Red Shield]

I like how it's filmed but ehhhhh

 

[steadyrighteous]

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Hah I made a thread there after this post. Gonna be fun

I'll be there in spirit

 

[Ol’Otis]

i think the director gay

 

[Kaydigi]

They should double down and make a gay slave movie with house maids.