“Blue Moon” (*1/2 out of four) was a stultifying melodrama set in 1943 in which Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) is trying to save face before the opening of “Oklahoma” and rambles and struggles with mental health issues as he meets various patrons (Bobby Cannavale, Margaret Qualley, and others) in a bar he is in. Many critics thought this was extraordinary but I’m not one of them; film is suffocating as it is mostly set in only one room and none of the characters (or their dialogue) are particularly interesting including Hart. For die-hard Richard Linklater fans only but even they should re-watch better Linklater/Hawke collaborations “Before Sunrise” and “The Newton Boys” instead.