2016 · drama · romance
Moonlight (Jenkins) — re-pass
Directed by Barry Jenkins1h 51m2016
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.
Our read: Moonlight (Jenkins) — re-pass (2016) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- signature
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How Moonlight feels to watch.
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