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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and with special guests Aine O’Connor, This Just In is a subset of The 250 podcast, looking at notable new arrivals on the list of the 250 best movies of all-time, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma.

At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Notes:

• Recorded 20th January 2019.
• Note: Darren mistakenly refers to the Zeigfeld Cinema in Manhattan as the “Zellig” Cinema. We have no idea why either.
• Roma at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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• Andrew Husband at Uproxx on remastering shows like The X-Files and Batman! for vertical video.
• Paul Hosford at The Journal on the breaking up of screen one at the Savoy.
• Richard Yao at IPG Media Lab on the future of movie-going.
• Ryan Faughnder at The Los Angeles Times on how cinemas are adapting to an uncertain future.
• Christopher Bonanos at Vulture reporting on the closure of the Ziegfeld cinema in Manhattan.
• Ramin Setoodeh at Variety on the tense relationship between Netflix and the Cannes Film Festival.
• Nicole LaPorte at Fast Company on Netflix’s desperate campaigning to win a Best Picture Oscar.
• Kyle Buchanan at The New York Times on Netflix’s awards season campaigning.
• Sean Fennessey at The Ringer on the question of how best to watch Roma.
• Owen Gleiberman at Variety on how Roma‘s status as a watch-at-home awards contender is changing the game.
• Margeaux Sippell at Variety on how Alfonso Cuarón got caught in a broader debate about the distribution of Roma.
• Alyssa Bereznak at The Ringer on how Bird Box became a breakout success for Netflix.
• Matt Singer at ScreenCrush on why Netflix produces so many terrible movies.
• Tom Brueggemann at IndieWire tries to guage the box office success of the cinematic release of Roma.
• Anousha Sakoui at Bloomberg on Netflix’s decision to keep the box office returns from the cinematic run of Roma.
• Brent Lang at Variety reports on the massive success of Roma in Mexican cinemas.
• Edgar Alvarez at Engadget on how Netflix’s success is tied to its roots as a technology company rather than a creative company.
• Lauren Gensler at Forbes on Netflix’s extravagant spending.
• Sharon Waxman at The Wrap expresses fears that disruptors like Megan Ellison may distort the movie industry.
• Miles Surrey at The Ringer on the success of Netflix’s “summer of love” romantic comedies.
• Brooks Barnes discusses the aims of Netflix’s movie division at The New York Times.
• Xavier Harding at Mic on the controversial “men are trash” meme.
• Megan Wallace at Little White Lies on masculinity as a recurring preoccupation of director Alfonso Cuarón.
• Alma Guillermoprieto discusses the portrayals of love within Roma at The New York Review of Books.
• Scott Johnson at The Hollywood Reporter on how Roma explores the social, political, racial and historical divides of Mexico.
• Yalitza Aparicio talks to The New York Times about the politics of stardom in Mexico.
• Richard Brody critiques the author’s voice in Roma at The New Yorker.
• Abigail Nussbaum at Asking the Wrong Questions on the imbalance of love within Roma.
• Carli Pierson at The Independent on the exploration of power and privilege within Roma.
• Martina Devlin at The Irish Independent recalls her struggle to gain dispensation to study at Trinity College Dublin.
• Abraham Riesman at Vulture on the incredible true story of Professor Zovek.
• Maya Salem at The New York Times discusses the contemporary engagement with the idea of toxic masculinity.
• Jaclyn Friedman at The Guardian on contemporary efforts to redefine and reshape masculinity.
• Alexandra Topping, Kate Lyons and Matthew Weaver at The Guardian on Gillette’s attempts to engage with the modern discourse about masculine identity.
• Geraldine DeRuiter at The Everywhereist on the uncomfortable questions raised by stories like those around Aziz Ansari.
• Will Worley at The Independent on Alex Jones’ “persona.”
• Nicolas Rapp and Matthew Heimer at Fortune on the shrinking middle class in America.
• Maurizio Bussolo, Jonathan Karver, and Luis-Felipe López-Calva at The Brookings Institute on the challenges facing the European middle class.
• Keith Phipps at Vulture discusses the significance of the movies that are featured in Roma.
• Christopher Nolan talks to MTV about the ice imagery in The Dark Knight Rises.
• Darren’s review of Roma.
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