1RomaAfonso Cuarón's Oscar-winning Roma is a gorgeous, sweeping story. The 1970s-set film follows Cleo, an indigenous Mexican woman working as a housekeeper for a wealthy family. She has to navigate tensions between the family members, her own issues at home, and sociopolitical upheaval in Mexico.
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2To LeslieIn 2022, To Leslie premiered to critical acclaim at SXSW, making waves for its unconventional word-of-mouth awards campaign—which earned its star, Andrea Riseborough, an Oscar nomination.
It's tempting to revisit one's favorite horror classics around Halloween, but what if you're tired of the same old exorcists, madmen, and chainsaw massacres? What if you want some new unholy hellishness to scare you silly? While 2015 hasn't been the most fruitful year for horror cinema, there have nonetheless been a number of offerings that stoke bloodlust in fresh, inventive ways. Some are in theaters, some are available at home right now courtesy of streaming services and/or physical media, and all will deliver at least a few solid jolts, if not compel you to sleep with the lights on.
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The origin of 4/20 as a symbol for weed is something of a meme in itself. Or, at least it is in the sense that nobody really knows where it came from but society has completely picked it up and ran with it. Some say it’s the police radio code for marijuana. Others say there was a group of California teenagers from San Rafael High School in the 1970s who would meet up at 4:20pm to smoke the devil’s lettuce.
Quentin Tarantino is no stranger to period films—Inglorious Basterds was set during World War II, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight took place in the 19th century. But Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, distributed by Sony Pictures and set in 1969 Los Angeles, is still a different kind of project for the filmmaker. “I think of it like my memory piece,” he told Esquire. “Alfonso [Cuarón] had Roma and Mexico City, 1970.