Complex sentence: In contrast, writing in "Film International", Canadian writer Orville Lloyd Douglas criticized Moonlight as derivative, dishonest, heterosexist, racist, and stereotypical because the film placates to the racist prejudices of upper class white film critics and rich white Academy voters.
Split into simpler sentences: In contrast, writing in "Film International", Canadian writer Orville Lloyd Douglas criticized Moonlight as derivative, dishonest, heterosexist, racist, and stereotypical. Douglas believes the film placates to the racist prejudices of upper class white film critics and rich white Academy voters.