The
Best of 2018 Notwithstanding the popularity of
at-home streaming services led by Netflix, movie-going to theatres is not
declining.Indeed in 2018 North American
attendance is up with a record box office of almost US$12 billion. Even if much
of this is for tentpole blockbusters centred on comic characters, the big
screen appeals more broadly.Take the
case of my best movie of the year, the Spanish-language Roma.A Netflix production available online since
December 14, the large Ottawa theatre where I saw it a second time was still
packed for a post-Christmas showing in a 10-day run. Good news indeed.
10 Best Narrative Features 1.Roma (Mexico/U.S.) Viewed on the big screen the immersive luminous black-and-white cinematography and ambient soundscape is even more impressive in this semi-autobiographical masterwork from Alfonso Cuarón which features a sublime performance by first-time actor Yalitza Aparicio as the central figure of Cleo, the Indigenous nanny-housemaid in an upper-class Mexi…
10 Best Narrative Features 1.Roma (Mexico/U.S.) Viewed on the big screen the immersive luminous black-and-white cinematography and ambient soundscape is even more impressive in this semi-autobiographical masterwork from Alfonso Cuarón which features a sublime performance by first-time actor Yalitza Aparicio as the central figure of Cleo, the Indigenous nanny-housemaid in an upper-class Mexi…