Letterboxd — Your life in film

Roma takes the viewer into the life of Cleo, a maid who works for a wealthy family in Mexico. Initially, everything seems to be fine and the family is portrayed as a happy, loving, and cohesive unit. However, as the story unfolds, the family starts to unravel and so does Cleo's personal life. Roma is ultimately a tragic story that happens in the midst of political turmoil in the country. In this film, anything that can go wrong does go wrong. For example,…

À mon âge je me cache encore pour fumer is a feminist film that focusses on the women of a community in Algeria. They live in a country that is in turmoil where terrorist attacks are common and the water frequently goes out. Also this is a country where women face both political and social discrimination. The bath house acts as a sort of safe haven that shelters the women from the craziness and harsh reality of the world they live…

PlayTime is a bizarre comedy from the 1960's. While it is easy to see the appeal of this movie, the film feels outdated and rather boring at times. For starters, it is classified as a comedy, but there aren't many moments that induce laughter from the audience. The comedic effect is supposed to come from the randomness of the story, but the humor may fall flat to some. It would be hard to tell this was a comedy if you didn't…

Le fantôme de la liberté is a film with a nontraditional narrative form. This film constantly jumps from one plot arc to another where the setting and characters change drastically and there is little if any relation to the previous arc. For example, the film establishes this pattern in the opening minutes. The first scene of the movie takes place in 1800's France in a war torn environment. The film then cuts to a lady reading a story. It turns…