Before “Moonlight” even begins, Boris Gardiner’s “Every Nigger Is A Star” plays over production company logos, immediately telegraphing the uniquely black narrative ab… ...

Don't forget about Trevante Rhodes, who plays the adult Chiron, or "Black" in the film. We assume this shoot was done to Classic Man , just like a certain scene in movie.

Moonlight" is a magnificent, exquisite, ... When you see Chiron as an adult, played by Trevante Rhodes, you think Juan, who died and the film never says how, came back to life.

Don’t get it wrong, “Boyhood” was excellent, but “Moonlight” is far different. The film follows Chiron, starting with his life as a young boy in a bad neighborhood in Miami, eventually progressing to ...

A huge hit at the Toronto International Film Festival, MOONLIGHT follows the boy, Chiron, from age nine to adulthood. The film evokes BOYHOOD, although this one was not filmed with one actor in the ...

'Moonlight' is simple, unconventional, and groundbreaking, as it chronicles the life of a young man stricken with hardships in life and love. Following a young gay black man, 'Moonlight' discovers ...

In Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight (which just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival), we watch three chapters in the life of an African-American Miami man named Chiron: In the first ...

Barry Jenkins' Moonlight is a story of a black life uniquely mattering in movies. Not as a crusader for justice, although eventually there's that to be discovered. Not as an entertainer or ...

The most rewarding coming-of-age film in many a moon, lyrically luminous Moonlight is the story of a gay African-American youngster in Miami who experiences trouble, trauma and unexpected grace.

The only criticism I have of “Moonlight” isn’t really a criticism at all — it’s more of a wish this had been a trilogy instead of a single ...

Three time periods - young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult - in the life of black-American Chiron is presented. When a child, Chiron lives with his single, crack addict mother Paula in a ...