Though the circumstances surrounding its Best Picture win might’ve overtaken the story, Moonlight’s extraordinary award season success (including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali) was a major achievement for representation and artistic expression.
This immensely gorgeous and riveting adaptation of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unpublished play is one of the finest films of the 2010s.
In Barry Jenkins’ poignant, personal sophomore film, Moonlight, we get a revealing, engrossing look at a young African-American man’s life from three different stages: youth, adolescence, and early adulthood.