If you’ve read anything about Alfonso Cuarón’s latest film you’ll have read something about its means of exhibition. There has already been some whinging about urban critics’ potentially elitist demands to “see Roma in the cinema if you can”. Alfonso Cuarón is working through themes of monumental import to Alfonso Cuarón: his own formative years in a changing society. The audio-visual sweep of Roma is so impressive that it’s easy to ignore these underexplored socio-economic crosscurrents. Alongside fascinating social observations and surprising outbreaks of humour, Roma features one or two of the most heart-wrenching scenes in recent cinema.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2018 05:15 UTC