Google Arts & Culture
"Many of the documentary's most potent scenes arise from his navigation of the liminal space between sound and silence."
INDIEWIRE
“As documentary filmmakers, sometimes our job is to say, ‘No, look! Really: Look!‘"
DEADLINE
“Taylor explores her son’s relationship with sound, silence and Beethoven’s opus.”
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
“What it deals in, regardless of how buoyant its characters, are the most serious issues imaginable."
NPR
Weekend Edition's Scott Simon explores sound, silence, and the closeness of generations.
AARP
'Moonlight Sonata' Director on Deafness, Dementia and Hope
Alzheimer's Association
"I may never know what Jonas hears when he plays “Moonlight Sonata,” or if Dad will remember Jonas playing it, or what Beethoven meant when he composed that piece of music, but the magic of life is that we can only live in the moment of any experience."
The Washington Post
"“Moonlight” makes its points softly, but with resounding conviction."
San Francisco Chronicle
“It’s not just that the implant gives him the ability to hear and makes him more mainstream, or more typical, it’s — I call it in the film a superpower. To actually shut out the noise. How many of us want to do that?"
CBC RADIO
“‘The film is an ode to silence': Filmmaker Irene Taylor shines a light on deafness in Moonlight Sonata.”
L.A. TIMES
“To make a personal film, you’ve really got to want to tell the story; in a way, you have to be ruthless.”
SCIENCE MAGAZINE
“As anyone who has ever had to get tech support from a teenager will relate to, the technology that is nearly magical to his grandparents is no big deal to Jonas.”
NONFICS
“As science eradicates deafness, a mother ponders the extinction of a community.”
