‘Moonlight’ Star Mahershala Ali Knocks Out the Competition at the Hamptons
Last weekend, when I attended the Hamptons International Film Festival, I had one actor in my sights: Mahershala Ali. The 6 foot two, 42-year-old California native with the jutting cheekbones joined the festival as part of Variety's "10 Actors to Watch" – a prescient annual event that has welcomed Alicia Vikander, Alexander Sarsgard, Anna Kendrick and Adam Driver among many others to Easthampton. Ali was also there to represent Barry Jenkins' buzzy Moonlight, a black coming-of-age tryptic where Ali plays a Miami drug kingpin – and now has the inside track for Best Supporting Actor.
