Roma is a beautiful film of both family and tragedy. This film revolves around Cleo, who is the house maid for a rich family in Mexico. Initially, Cleo seems content and almost happy with her life. She has no visible struggles and has a great relationship with the family. This changes as the film progresses, starting with Cleo getting pregnant and the father of her child leaving her. This was made even worse when Cleo not only found out her…

À mon âge je me cache encore pour fumer is a very moving film and is definitely worth the watch. This film focuses on the discrimination and unfair treatment of women in Algeria and connects to the male dominated Islamic religion. The divide between feminism and parts of the Islamic faith are very clear in this film, especially between two of the main characters as they fight over the fairness of the Islamic religion. My favorite scene is when one…

Moonlight, in itself, is a very unique film that I would recommend to anyone who has not yet seen it. One of the best aspects of this film is the consistency of Chiron’s character through the different stages of his life. Although multiple actors were chosen to play Chiron, they were able to maintain his awkwardness in a somewhat believable manner. This allowed for the extensive story of a boy who grows into a man, but with many of the…

One aspect of films that I most look forward to is cinematography, and the film Vertigo definitely does not disappoint. Not even a minute into the film, we are already introduced to a new film technique, the vertigo effect, which the film uses as a primary attribute for the main character, John. Using this revolutionary shot to show what John saw whenever he looked down was genius and allowed the audience to almost feel the same fear as John. There…