If Beale Street Could Talk...

…it would say an awful lot in very few words. Unfortunately, images are so poetically effective that they convey content too quickly and much of movie feels redundant, sustained only by beautiful score. Though narratively too concise, cleverly illustrates conundrum of conflicting prejudices against victimized women and falsely accused men.

Moonlight

Brilliant casting and creative score and cinematography shine precious light onto the utterly dark subject matter of this gritty poem, and careful pacing allows it to break free of the independent slums and into the mainstream. In a film about denying who you are, every actor fills his/her role beautifully.