The contradictions continue in “Moonlight’s” next two chapters, which focus on Chiron’s relationship with his best friend Kevin, and his attempts to come to grips with feelings he can ...

“Moonlight” was, no contest, the best movie I’ve seen all year. Granted 2016 hasn’t exactly been a gold-star year, ... The film concludes by cycling back to Chiron and Kevin’s relationship, ... One of ...

In chapter two, the now teenaged Chiron (Ashton Sanders) returns to the beach to bask in the moonlight in solitude, but one night he is joined by his friend Kevin (André Holland).

Before “Moonlight” even begins, Boris Gardiner’s “Every Nigger Is A Star” plays over production company logos, immediately telegraphing the uniquely black narrative ab… ...

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In all three parts, the film explores Chiron’s relationship with Kevin (played by Jaden Piner, Jharrel Jerome, and André Holland), a childhood friend who, over the years, develops the same ...

Moonlight Review By Girindra Selleck [email protected] Moonlight, Barry Jenkins’s stellar new film—his second, after 2008’s Medicine for Melancholy—evades classification. The most fitting ...

In “Moonlight’s” first chapter, Chiron and Kevin are playing a game with other boys in an open field. They throw up a piece of paper, and whoever catches it gets tackled by the rest of the ...

When Chiron keeps getting up even though Kevin is telling him to stay down, to me, Chiron is trying to show the boys he can take it like a man, but he’s also sticking it to Kevin—who cared for ...

The most rewarding coming-of-age film in many a moon, lyrically luminous Moonlight is the story of a gay African-American youngster in Miami who experiences trouble, trauma and unexpected grace.

Chiron’s foil in his sexual awakening is Kevin, who is also played by three actors. Together, on a dark sandy Miami beach, they share their first, hesitant kiss.