In response to the recent interest in Indigenous languages on screen prompted by Roma (Cuarón, 2018) and Pájaros de verano (Gallego and Guerra, 2018), today,…
*by Pedro Ángel Palou It is a tough task for a critic to define a masterpiece, or to grant the stature of classic to a…
by Deborah Shaw* Roma the latest film by Alfonso Cuarón has attracted much media attention for many reasons: it has already won a number of…
*By Roberto Ortiz It is a cold Friday morning in Mexico City and a handsome dark-skinned young man stands on the Alvaro Obregón avenue strip…
By Belén Vidal* Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is much more than the newest sensation from Latin American cinema, more than 2018’s film-event, topping end-of-year polls such…
by Jeffrey Middents* The press surrounding the release of Roma has emphasized its autobiographical qualities, elements that Alfonso Cuarón himself has confirmed in interviews throughout…
*Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, like his previous two Mexican films, is troubled by class. This is a criticism and a praise. Class…
By Olivia Cosentino* This take on Roma avoids both hyperbolic latitudes and hyperbolic criticisms, with the following exception: Roma is not about you.[i] Personal nostalgia…
Edited by Dolores Tierney* and Guest Editor Olivia Cosentino Today, after its wins for Best Screenplay and Best Director at the Golden Globes Mediático reups…
by Paul Julian Smith* In her interview with Alfonso Cuarón in Letras Libres, Mexico City-based critic Fernanda Solórzano begins by saying that “all conversations lead…
