Roma Is the Culmination of Everything Alfonso Cuarón Has Ever Done

The filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón has said that his new feature Roma is the movie he was always meant to make, the culmination of everything he's done before. This statement is saved from grandiosity only by being so transparently true. The sweeping yet contemplative drama, which takes its name not from the Italian capital but from the Mexico City neighborhood where Cuarón grew up, combines elements from just about every film he's made, from the indie-est to the most mass-market. Like his 1991 debu...