Throughout Moonlight Chiron’s character maintains a sense of childlike behavior that carries into his adulthood. “There are these sort of lonely frames that exist, even when he’s a grown man.

My problem with “Moonlight,” however, is that I felt unsatiated at its close: Although the final shot of a young Chiron basked in moonlight upon the water is stunning, I realized that I still ...

Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” is another American indie coming-of-age film, but with a big difference. This one is about a poor black boy named Chiron (pronounced “Shy-rone”), who lives in ...

Actor Trevante Rhodes is open and gregarious. Chiron, the man he plays in the shimmering Moonlight, is suspicious and reticent. Rhodes is straight. Chiron is gay. Rhodes comes from a stable family ...

Alex R. Hibbert as Chiron, a young black man growing up gay in an impoverished part of Miami in Moonlight.The film is told with different actors playing Chiron at different stages of his life.

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 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 ...

The men of Moonlight proved they could wear tuxes to perfection at the Oscars. But they do OK without the tuxes, too. Calvin Klein has released a series of ads featuring stars Mahershala Ali and ...

“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 life.

In the final scenes of the Oscar-nominated film “Moonlight,” two black men — one a muscular, prison-hardened drug dealer, the other a scrawny line cook — find each other at Miami’s Jimmy ...