Roma is Academy Award-winning Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón's (Gravity, Y Tu Mamá También) childhood autobiography told through the eyes of a maid who holds her employer's family together in early 1970s Mexico City. From the name, many people think this is a movie about the Romani (gypsy) people, but Roma is actually Mexico City's old, but now hip Colonia Roma … [Read more...] about Roma
Oscar Winners
Green Book
Green Book is director Peter Farrelly's 2018 comic-drama about Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a Black classical pianist who hires Tony Villalonga (Viggo Mortensen), an Italian nightclub bouncer, to protect him on a concert tour through the American South in the 1960s. The Green Book used to be a guide to hotels and restaurants across America that would accept people of color. … [Read more...] about Green Book
A Star is Born
Bradley Cooper's musical drama A Star is Born, starring himself and Italian-American singer Lady Gaga, opened in New York City on October 5, 2018. It's not an Italian story, but Lady Gaga is Italian-American. The film premiered at Venice on August 31, 2018. The movie has been popular and received broad critical acclaim. The American Film Institute named A Star is Born as … [Read more...] about A Star is Born
BlacKkKlansman
BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee's 2018 comedy based on the true story of Ron Stallworth, a Black rookie policeman in Colorado Springs, Colorado who worked with a body double to infiltrate, take over, and take down the local chapter of the Klu Klux Klan. The KKK is not funny, but the stupidity of people in the KKK is. It reminds you of the stupidity of another klan, the DTK. You … [Read more...] about BlacKkKlansman
Blade Runner 2049
Denis Villeneuve's 'Blade Runner 2049' is a 2017 sci-fi thriller that is the follow-up to Ridley Scott's 1982 original Blade Runner. Director Denis Villeneuve is French - Canadian Denis Villeneuve is French - Canadian from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. [Wow, I have an ancestor from there.] Villeneuve did his studies in Montréal. His mastery of digital cinematography … [Read more...] about Blade Runner 2049
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman is Argentine - Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's Chilean movie about Marina, a waitress and singer who is planning a future with her older boyfriend Orlando. When he dies suddenly after a night of celebration together, she is confronted in mourning by his family and by a society that wants to strip her of her identity. A Fantastic … [Read more...] about A Fantastic Woman
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) is a horror story about a deaf woman who falls in love with a water creature held in a military lab. The Shape of Water (2017) https://youtu.be/XFYWazblaUA Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is a lonely mute who works in a Cold War era secret government laboratory. Her quiet and her job are numbing and … [Read more...] about The Shape of Water
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name is Luca Guadagnino's 2017 romantic coming-of-age movie set in 1983 northern Italy. Luca Guadagnino is an Italian producer, director, and writer from Palermo, Sicily who was raised in Ethiopia. Guadagnino is known for A Bigger Splash (2015) and I am Love (2009). This is a Sony Classics release. Call Me by Your Name shows how love is love no … [Read more...] about Call Me by Your Name
“Coco” the Day of the Dead Movie
Mariachi Real de Mexico plays Lincoln Center's main plaza at 6:30pm before a performance by La Santa Cecilia from Los Angeles and a screening of Coco in Spanish with English subtitles in Damrosch Park on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 7pm. Coco Coco is Pixar / Disney's take on Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos). It's a well-crafted movie that gets to the heart of the Day of … [Read more...] about “Coco” the Day of the Dead Movie