Bonnie (Stephanie Beatriz) and her boyfriend Matt (Michael Stahl-David) live in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. In one scene between Bonnie and Matt, the camera is placed above the bed, and their conversation, intimate and difficult, plays out in just one take. The production values are low and other than Stephanie Beatriz's excellent work, the performances are amateurish, yet the film is thoughtful and detailed and non-exploitative. The film finds it footing soon after.) Forgot your password? Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Stahl-David, Conrad Ricamora, Cara Loften, Olga Merediz, Keith Hamilton, Mike Ivers, Craig Walker, Heather Simms, Patricia Noonan, Erin Friend, Alice M. Bacon, Catherin Curtin 10:43 AM PDT 3/17/2017 This is what Bonnie so desperately wants to avoid. Matt doesn't know what to do to help. She knows he's trying but it just serves as a reminder of what happened to her. Sheila O'Malley received a BFA in Theatre from the University of Rhode Island and a Master's in Acting from the Actors Studio MFA Program. 793 reviews.
After the first 5 minutes of the film, where the two actors roll their eyes at each other, what emerges is a believably three-dimensional loving and difficult relationship struggling to exist under the weight of the trauma. The Light of the Moon delves into the messy realities of the emotional and physical fallout of rape, giving rise to a moving yet sensitive drama. She hates the support group. She rails at Matt, "I don't want to join the Sisterhood of Rape Victims."
Rape has been used as a plot point from the beginning of cinema, but rarely has the aftermath been explored in such a detailed and sensitive way. But all that is basically secondary to the telling of how Bonnie and Matt’s relationship falls apart, an arc sensitively charted through a series of small domestic interactions and a couple of painfully intimate sex scenes, once again filmed in tight close-ups and color-filtered darkness, where neither of them can put what happened out of their mind. Through it all, Beatriz is magnificent, offering a textured performance that throttles between grief, denial, strength, anger, always using her comedic chops to amplify the disconnect between Bonnie's attitude and her circumstance. Memory House by Brazilian Director Joao Paulo Miranda Maria Wins the Roger Ebert Award at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival, High Powered: Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson on Synchronic, Highlights from Ebert Symposium on Future of Movie Industry, Ebert Symposium 2020: Part 2 Streaming Today, October 22nd, 2020. As a debut film, The Light of the Moon is remarkable, condensing its weighty themes down in to a winningly perceptive and achingly human character drama. Suddenly he's cooking for her?
She has been living with Anglo boyfriend Matt (Stahl-David), who works in advertising, for some time, and although they seem happy enough, it clearly irks Bonnie a bit that Matt is once again backing out of going out with her that night because he has to help entertain clients in Manhattan. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Both Bonnie and Matt are three-dimensional characters.
Dean Koontz has surpassed his longtime reputation as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling Stone) to become one of the most celebrated and successful writers of our time. It’s especially convincing since the script for Light of the Moon shows just how tricky the issue of blame is.
She also did some cocaine. She goes back to work a couple of days later—against Matt's advice—and tells everyone she was mugged. Director-screenwriter-editor: Jessica M. Thompson For this reason alone, it should be applauded. Production designer: Lauren Helms She answers truthfully, even though she knows she will be judged. About Our Ads But Thompson (and her cinematographer Autumn Eakin) have made very careful choices. "The Light of the Moon" is refreshingly honest in its acknowledgment of the impact rape has on a couple, not just in the bedroom, but in all aspects of their lives. There's a lot of dead air, and Bonnie and Matt's relationship appears to be made up of rolling their eyes at each other in generalized sarcastic attitudes. On the three-block walk home to her apartment, a guy drags her into an alley and rapes her. Or she can tell the truth, and wait for the inevitable character assassination. It’s in the follow-up that it differs. Although an investigation proceeds under the supervision of DA Kirra (Catherine Curtin), no one seems very hopeful of a conviction. Up to this point, as sensitively executed as it is, Light of the Moon feels like many other dramas whose instigating incident is a sexual violation. EMAIL ME, The Light of the Moon SXSW - Publicity - H 2017. Stephanie Beatriz is exceptional. ... [director Jessica M] Thompson's film composes a congruent manifesto to understand the need to respect a person's determination on how to focus the rest of their own life. Leslie Felperin
Privacy | Producers: Jessica M. Thompson, Carlo Velayo, Michael Cuomo Intimate, mature drama chronicles aftermath of a rape. Despite the strain of what they go through together, Beatriz and Stahl-David have a combustible chemistry together that adds credibility and Thompson clearly has a knack with actors, coaxing sharp, believable performances from all involved — even from actors with relatively small roles, such as the women at a support group Bonnie attends at one point, each face a portrait of pain and suppressed despair. The Light of the Moon succeeds with heart and sensitivity. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. With colorful sets and bright cinematography to match its lucid emotional logic, “The Light of the Moon” is a realistic exercise in psychological clarity. Production companies: A Steadfast Films production in association with Big Vision Creative
Bonnie staggers home, face bloody, and thinks twice before getting in the shower.
They both have demanding careers, and the first scene of the film shows Matt begging off from a night out with Bonnie and her co-workers.
Jessica Thompson's film "The Light of the Moon" (her first as writer and director) is a nuanced and sensitive exploration of the many ways rape affects a person's life, even as she tries like hell to get back to normal. and the Terms and Policies, Bonnie resists being labeled as a "victim." A run around the festival circuit and likely niche distribution won’t make anyone rich, but the reputations of all involved will be enhanced. Suddenly everyone looks at her differently, with concerned and pitying expressions. [Full review in Spanish]. | Cookie Settings. The Light of the Moon is lived-in, in every sense of the word.
The only person who knows she was raped is Matt. In The Light of the Moon, calculation and contrivance intrude, but fortunately creativity transcends them.
But stick it out through the first scene. Sales: Paradigm Talent Agency. Matt, devastated, says to her at one point, "This happened to us." The Hollywood Reporter, LLC is a subsidiary of Prometheus Global Media, LLC. Terms of Use | TWITTER The "processing" of a rape victim is shown step by humiliating step, as Bonnie—with her upset boyfriend sitting beside her—answers the questions asked by the detective, the nurse, and the social worker.
All rights reserved. The Light of the Moon is the first feature by writer-director Jessica M Thompson, who has leveraged maximum value from her cast and a shoestring budget to create a low-key but potent sign-of-the-times bulletin.
"The Light of the Moon"'s low budget shows in its limited locations (mostly interiors) and its scattershot approach to second-unit "atmospheric" shots of the neighborhood. All of these things are completely normal, completely understandable, but they're so rarely explored in film.
Read her answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Don't have an account? The movie is, however, a refreshingly honest approach to a subject all too often used as a plot device to inspire either an Oscar-winning tears-and-trauma performance or a trail of blood and violence. The Light of the Moon delves into the messy realities of the emotional and physical fallout of rape, giving rise to a moving yet sensitive drama. This is a relationship movie, a relationship heightened and threatened by what happened to her.
Bonnie (Stephanie Beatriz) and her boyfriend Matt (Michael Stahl-David) live in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. In one scene between Bonnie and Matt, the camera is placed above the bed, and their conversation, intimate and difficult, plays out in just one take. The production values are low and other than Stephanie Beatriz's excellent work, the performances are amateurish, yet the film is thoughtful and detailed and non-exploitative. The film finds it footing soon after.) Forgot your password? Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Stahl-David, Conrad Ricamora, Cara Loften, Olga Merediz, Keith Hamilton, Mike Ivers, Craig Walker, Heather Simms, Patricia Noonan, Erin Friend, Alice M. Bacon, Catherin Curtin 10:43 AM PDT 3/17/2017 This is what Bonnie so desperately wants to avoid. Matt doesn't know what to do to help. She knows he's trying but it just serves as a reminder of what happened to her. Sheila O'Malley received a BFA in Theatre from the University of Rhode Island and a Master's in Acting from the Actors Studio MFA Program. 793 reviews.
After the first 5 minutes of the film, where the two actors roll their eyes at each other, what emerges is a believably three-dimensional loving and difficult relationship struggling to exist under the weight of the trauma. The Light of the Moon delves into the messy realities of the emotional and physical fallout of rape, giving rise to a moving yet sensitive drama. She hates the support group. She rails at Matt, "I don't want to join the Sisterhood of Rape Victims."
Rape has been used as a plot point from the beginning of cinema, but rarely has the aftermath been explored in such a detailed and sensitive way. But all that is basically secondary to the telling of how Bonnie and Matt’s relationship falls apart, an arc sensitively charted through a series of small domestic interactions and a couple of painfully intimate sex scenes, once again filmed in tight close-ups and color-filtered darkness, where neither of them can put what happened out of their mind. Through it all, Beatriz is magnificent, offering a textured performance that throttles between grief, denial, strength, anger, always using her comedic chops to amplify the disconnect between Bonnie's attitude and her circumstance. Memory House by Brazilian Director Joao Paulo Miranda Maria Wins the Roger Ebert Award at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival, High Powered: Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson on Synchronic, Highlights from Ebert Symposium on Future of Movie Industry, Ebert Symposium 2020: Part 2 Streaming Today, October 22nd, 2020. As a debut film, The Light of the Moon is remarkable, condensing its weighty themes down in to a winningly perceptive and achingly human character drama. Suddenly he's cooking for her?
She has been living with Anglo boyfriend Matt (Stahl-David), who works in advertising, for some time, and although they seem happy enough, it clearly irks Bonnie a bit that Matt is once again backing out of going out with her that night because he has to help entertain clients in Manhattan. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Both Bonnie and Matt are three-dimensional characters.
Dean Koontz has surpassed his longtime reputation as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling Stone) to become one of the most celebrated and successful writers of our time. It’s especially convincing since the script for Light of the Moon shows just how tricky the issue of blame is.
She also did some cocaine. She goes back to work a couple of days later—against Matt's advice—and tells everyone she was mugged. Director-screenwriter-editor: Jessica M. Thompson For this reason alone, it should be applauded. Production designer: Lauren Helms She answers truthfully, even though she knows she will be judged. About Our Ads But Thompson (and her cinematographer Autumn Eakin) have made very careful choices. "The Light of the Moon" is refreshingly honest in its acknowledgment of the impact rape has on a couple, not just in the bedroom, but in all aspects of their lives. There's a lot of dead air, and Bonnie and Matt's relationship appears to be made up of rolling their eyes at each other in generalized sarcastic attitudes. On the three-block walk home to her apartment, a guy drags her into an alley and rapes her. Or she can tell the truth, and wait for the inevitable character assassination. It’s in the follow-up that it differs. Although an investigation proceeds under the supervision of DA Kirra (Catherine Curtin), no one seems very hopeful of a conviction. Up to this point, as sensitively executed as it is, Light of the Moon feels like many other dramas whose instigating incident is a sexual violation. EMAIL ME, The Light of the Moon SXSW - Publicity - H 2017. Stephanie Beatriz is exceptional. ... [director Jessica M] Thompson's film composes a congruent manifesto to understand the need to respect a person's determination on how to focus the rest of their own life. Leslie Felperin
Privacy | Producers: Jessica M. Thompson, Carlo Velayo, Michael Cuomo Intimate, mature drama chronicles aftermath of a rape. Despite the strain of what they go through together, Beatriz and Stahl-David have a combustible chemistry together that adds credibility and Thompson clearly has a knack with actors, coaxing sharp, believable performances from all involved — even from actors with relatively small roles, such as the women at a support group Bonnie attends at one point, each face a portrait of pain and suppressed despair. The Light of the Moon succeeds with heart and sensitivity. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. With colorful sets and bright cinematography to match its lucid emotional logic, “The Light of the Moon” is a realistic exercise in psychological clarity. Production companies: A Steadfast Films production in association with Big Vision Creative
Bonnie staggers home, face bloody, and thinks twice before getting in the shower.
They both have demanding careers, and the first scene of the film shows Matt begging off from a night out with Bonnie and her co-workers.
Jessica Thompson's film "The Light of the Moon" (her first as writer and director) is a nuanced and sensitive exploration of the many ways rape affects a person's life, even as she tries like hell to get back to normal. and the Terms and Policies, Bonnie resists being labeled as a "victim." A run around the festival circuit and likely niche distribution won’t make anyone rich, but the reputations of all involved will be enhanced. Suddenly everyone looks at her differently, with concerned and pitying expressions. [Full review in Spanish]. | Cookie Settings. The Light of the Moon is lived-in, in every sense of the word.
The only person who knows she was raped is Matt. In The Light of the Moon, calculation and contrivance intrude, but fortunately creativity transcends them.
But stick it out through the first scene. Sales: Paradigm Talent Agency. Matt, devastated, says to her at one point, "This happened to us." The Hollywood Reporter, LLC is a subsidiary of Prometheus Global Media, LLC. Terms of Use | TWITTER The "processing" of a rape victim is shown step by humiliating step, as Bonnie—with her upset boyfriend sitting beside her—answers the questions asked by the detective, the nurse, and the social worker.
All rights reserved. The Light of the Moon is the first feature by writer-director Jessica M Thompson, who has leveraged maximum value from her cast and a shoestring budget to create a low-key but potent sign-of-the-times bulletin.
"The Light of the Moon"'s low budget shows in its limited locations (mostly interiors) and its scattershot approach to second-unit "atmospheric" shots of the neighborhood. All of these things are completely normal, completely understandable, but they're so rarely explored in film.
Read her answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Don't have an account? The movie is, however, a refreshingly honest approach to a subject all too often used as a plot device to inspire either an Oscar-winning tears-and-trauma performance or a trail of blood and violence. The Light of the Moon delves into the messy realities of the emotional and physical fallout of rape, giving rise to a moving yet sensitive drama. This is a relationship movie, a relationship heightened and threatened by what happened to her.
Bonnie (Stephanie Beatriz) and her boyfriend Matt (Michael Stahl-David) live in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. In one scene between Bonnie and Matt, the camera is placed above the bed, and their conversation, intimate and difficult, plays out in just one take. The production values are low and other than Stephanie Beatriz's excellent work, the performances are amateurish, yet the film is thoughtful and detailed and non-exploitative. The film finds it footing soon after.) Forgot your password? Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Stahl-David, Conrad Ricamora, Cara Loften, Olga Merediz, Keith Hamilton, Mike Ivers, Craig Walker, Heather Simms, Patricia Noonan, Erin Friend, Alice M. Bacon, Catherin Curtin 10:43 AM PDT 3/17/2017 This is what Bonnie so desperately wants to avoid. Matt doesn't know what to do to help. She knows he's trying but it just serves as a reminder of what happened to her. Sheila O'Malley received a BFA in Theatre from the University of Rhode Island and a Master's in Acting from the Actors Studio MFA Program. 793 reviews.
After the first 5 minutes of the film, where the two actors roll their eyes at each other, what emerges is a believably three-dimensional loving and difficult relationship struggling to exist under the weight of the trauma. The Light of the Moon delves into the messy realities of the emotional and physical fallout of rape, giving rise to a moving yet sensitive drama. She hates the support group. She rails at Matt, "I don't want to join the Sisterhood of Rape Victims."
Rape has been used as a plot point from the beginning of cinema, but rarely has the aftermath been explored in such a detailed and sensitive way. But all that is basically secondary to the telling of how Bonnie and Matt’s relationship falls apart, an arc sensitively charted through a series of small domestic interactions and a couple of painfully intimate sex scenes, once again filmed in tight close-ups and color-filtered darkness, where neither of them can put what happened out of their mind. Through it all, Beatriz is magnificent, offering a textured performance that throttles between grief, denial, strength, anger, always using her comedic chops to amplify the disconnect between Bonnie's attitude and her circumstance. Memory House by Brazilian Director Joao Paulo Miranda Maria Wins the Roger Ebert Award at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival, High Powered: Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson on Synchronic, Highlights from Ebert Symposium on Future of Movie Industry, Ebert Symposium 2020: Part 2 Streaming Today, October 22nd, 2020. As a debut film, The Light of the Moon is remarkable, condensing its weighty themes down in to a winningly perceptive and achingly human character drama. Suddenly he's cooking for her?
She has been living with Anglo boyfriend Matt (Stahl-David), who works in advertising, for some time, and although they seem happy enough, it clearly irks Bonnie a bit that Matt is once again backing out of going out with her that night because he has to help entertain clients in Manhattan. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Both Bonnie and Matt are three-dimensional characters.
Dean Koontz has surpassed his longtime reputation as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling Stone) to become one of the most celebrated and successful writers of our time. It’s especially convincing since the script for Light of the Moon shows just how tricky the issue of blame is.
She also did some cocaine. She goes back to work a couple of days later—against Matt's advice—and tells everyone she was mugged. Director-screenwriter-editor: Jessica M. Thompson For this reason alone, it should be applauded. Production designer: Lauren Helms She answers truthfully, even though she knows she will be judged. About Our Ads But Thompson (and her cinematographer Autumn Eakin) have made very careful choices. "The Light of the Moon" is refreshingly honest in its acknowledgment of the impact rape has on a couple, not just in the bedroom, but in all aspects of their lives. There's a lot of dead air, and Bonnie and Matt's relationship appears to be made up of rolling their eyes at each other in generalized sarcastic attitudes. On the three-block walk home to her apartment, a guy drags her into an alley and rapes her. Or she can tell the truth, and wait for the inevitable character assassination. It’s in the follow-up that it differs. Although an investigation proceeds under the supervision of DA Kirra (Catherine Curtin), no one seems very hopeful of a conviction. Up to this point, as sensitively executed as it is, Light of the Moon feels like many other dramas whose instigating incident is a sexual violation. EMAIL ME, The Light of the Moon SXSW - Publicity - H 2017. Stephanie Beatriz is exceptional. ... [director Jessica M] Thompson's film composes a congruent manifesto to understand the need to respect a person's determination on how to focus the rest of their own life. Leslie Felperin
Privacy | Producers: Jessica M. Thompson, Carlo Velayo, Michael Cuomo Intimate, mature drama chronicles aftermath of a rape. Despite the strain of what they go through together, Beatriz and Stahl-David have a combustible chemistry together that adds credibility and Thompson clearly has a knack with actors, coaxing sharp, believable performances from all involved — even from actors with relatively small roles, such as the women at a support group Bonnie attends at one point, each face a portrait of pain and suppressed despair. The Light of the Moon succeeds with heart and sensitivity. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. With colorful sets and bright cinematography to match its lucid emotional logic, “The Light of the Moon” is a realistic exercise in psychological clarity. Production companies: A Steadfast Films production in association with Big Vision Creative
Bonnie staggers home, face bloody, and thinks twice before getting in the shower.
They both have demanding careers, and the first scene of the film shows Matt begging off from a night out with Bonnie and her co-workers.
Jessica Thompson's film "The Light of the Moon" (her first as writer and director) is a nuanced and sensitive exploration of the many ways rape affects a person's life, even as she tries like hell to get back to normal. and the Terms and Policies, Bonnie resists being labeled as a "victim." A run around the festival circuit and likely niche distribution won’t make anyone rich, but the reputations of all involved will be enhanced. Suddenly everyone looks at her differently, with concerned and pitying expressions. [Full review in Spanish]. | Cookie Settings. The Light of the Moon is lived-in, in every sense of the word.
The only person who knows she was raped is Matt. In The Light of the Moon, calculation and contrivance intrude, but fortunately creativity transcends them.
But stick it out through the first scene. Sales: Paradigm Talent Agency. Matt, devastated, says to her at one point, "This happened to us." The Hollywood Reporter, LLC is a subsidiary of Prometheus Global Media, LLC. Terms of Use | TWITTER The "processing" of a rape victim is shown step by humiliating step, as Bonnie—with her upset boyfriend sitting beside her—answers the questions asked by the detective, the nurse, and the social worker.
All rights reserved. The Light of the Moon is the first feature by writer-director Jessica M Thompson, who has leveraged maximum value from her cast and a shoestring budget to create a low-key but potent sign-of-the-times bulletin.
"The Light of the Moon"'s low budget shows in its limited locations (mostly interiors) and its scattershot approach to second-unit "atmospheric" shots of the neighborhood. All of these things are completely normal, completely understandable, but they're so rarely explored in film.
Read her answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Don't have an account? The movie is, however, a refreshingly honest approach to a subject all too often used as a plot device to inspire either an Oscar-winning tears-and-trauma performance or a trail of blood and violence. The Light of the Moon delves into the messy realities of the emotional and physical fallout of rape, giving rise to a moving yet sensitive drama. This is a relationship movie, a relationship heightened and threatened by what happened to her.
