Blue Moon
Director: Richard Linklater Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott, Bobby Cannavale, Jonah Lees
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”. Director Richard Linklater re-teams with his frequent collaborator Ethan Hawke (Before Trilogy, Boyhood, Waking Life).
“‘Blue Moon’ is a deceptively modest project, but it’s beautifully executed and fascinatingly nuanced despite being quite straightforward in terms of plot. The movie has a lot to say about the give and take of creative collaboration; the fickle embrace of the then-quite-insular New York theatrical community; the somewhat safe space of that environment for gay men, even if it was seldom spoken of openly; and the fact that even that degree of tacit acceptance does little to alleviate the solitude of the closet.” ~ David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter