“Moonlight” begins when Chiron is a 9-year-old boy and being bullied by neighborhood kids for being “soft.” The film, which is organized in three separate chapters, will catch up with him ...

“It evolved when the character is also evolving,” says Laxton. Throughout Moonlight Chiron’s character maintains a sense of childlike behavior that carries into his adulthood. “There are ...

Chiron ends up cowering inside a boarded-up ... Holland says black men in particular have had to negotiate those ideas. In Moonlight, he says, the characters are learning what it means to be ...

But first, critic Bob Mondello reviews "Moonlight." BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Chiron is a skinny 10-year-old hiding out from bullies who want to beat him up when he's spotted and rescued by the ...

The Reelist is a column featuring Kristen Page-Kirby’s musings on movies. For Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday’s review of “Moonlight,” click here. The first thing people usually ...

“Moonlight” shone in its artfulness. The camera does a commendable job of capturing the Miami landscape that Chiron (Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes), the protagonist ...

“Moonlight” is an unflinching portrait of growing up gay, black, poor and bullied in Liberty City. It follows Chiron, who is tormented about his sexuality at three different stages of his lif ...

Have you heard about “Moonlight”? Having made triumphant bows at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals, as well as commercial theaters in New York and Los Angeles, it’s the best-reviewed ...