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Auteur Theory: The Enduring Imminence of “Children of Men”

Alfonso Cuarón's dystopian masterpiece confronts us not with where we could be, but with exactly where we are going. 

Auteur Theory: Where Have All The Uncomfortable Movies Gone?

Why did films, arthouse and blockbuster alike, stop making its audiences actually think and feel something?

Roma Review – A Portrait of Mexico City in the ’70s

Roma is Mexico in a specific time and place. Named after the historic middle class neighborhood in Mexico City where director Alfonso Cuarón grew up, the film is a semi-biographical memoir of his childhood and the women who raised him.