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A new subgenre has taken over at film festivals.
If all of these things are true, you may be watching aRoma.
But which of them is the mostRoma-y?
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Set in an old movie palace that has seen better days.
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It features an Oscar-caliber performance from Olivia Colman.
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But shes the lead, not a warmhearted supporting player.
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There is no adorable moppet.
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No one gets divorced.
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Its directed by Best Director winner Sam Mendes.
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And features Oscar-worthy cinematography by Roger Deakins.
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Theres a bittersweet love story.
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A romance between Colman and her younger co-worker played by Michael Ward.
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Who experiences racism.
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That is being fueled by the eras conservative politics.
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All of which is explained on vintage TV newscasts.
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The theme fromChariots of Fireplays in the background of an important scene.
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But its diegetic.
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About a middle-class Jewish family in Queens.
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It features an Oscar-caliber performance from Anthony Hopkins as a kindly grandfather.
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To an adorable young moppet whos a stand-in for the director.
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But who is also kind of a shit.
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And is more into music and drawing than movies anyway.
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Its directed by James Gray, who has never been nominated for an Oscar.
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And who doesnt really do big action sequences.
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The moppet makes a new friend played by Jaylin Webb.
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Which is fueled by the eras conservative politics.
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People complain about Ronald Reagan.
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Even while they themselves are pretty racist too.
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The adorable moppet eventually comes of age.
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About a middle-class Jewish family that moves from New Jersey to Arizona and then California.
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It features an Oscar-caliber performance from Michelle Williams as a theatrically emotive mother.
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Plus an Oscar-caliber cameo from Judd Hirsch as an eccentric great-uncle.
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Who grows into a budding filmmaker in his teenage years.
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Its directed by Best Director winner Steven Spielberg.
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And features Oscar-worthy cinematography by Janusz Kaminski.
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Plus winking references to Spielbergs other films.
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People get divorced.
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The directors stand-in experiences antisemitism.
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But politics otherwise doesnt come into it.
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A famous director makes a cameo as another famous director.
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The young filmmaker comes of age.
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Total score: 175
Congratulations,The Fabelmans!
You are this seasons mostRoma-yRoma.
