Moonlight (2016)

For this month’s theme of MOVIES ARE GAY shit can get sad. Today we’re discussing the best picture Oscar winner from 2016. This seems like one of the few best picture winners in the last decade that make sense. The nature of suppression comes up often in LGBTQ stories, especially when things get historical, but what balances Barry Jenkins film “MOONLIGHT” a little better than most is the convincing quiet tenderness. Like its main character, Little/Chiron/Black, this movie keeps a lot to itself. It’s got to be the quietest gay movie of all time. It stars Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Janelle Monae and the lead crosses generations with portrayals by Alex Hilbert, Ashton Sanders & Trevante Rhodes. Growing up gay in Liberty City, Miami in the middle of the crack epidemic isn’t easy but tenderness finds its way. Mahershala is great but the third act is definitely the best part.

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