On-line discussion. Cleo is one of two domestic workers who help Antonio and Sofía take care of their four children in 1970s Mexico City. Complications soon arise when Antonio suddenly runs away with his mistress and Cleo finds out that she’s pregnant. When Sofía decides to take the kids on vacation, she invites Cleo for a much-needed getaway to clear her mind and bond with the family. Roma finds writer-director Alfonso Cuarón in complete, enthralling command of his visual craft – and telling the most powerfully personal story of his career.

On-line discussion. A French woman hits menopause, discovers she is going to be a grandmother, quits her job as waitress and feels everything going downhill. But then she meets her old love from before she got married, had two daughters and got divorced. Is this a new beginning?

On-line discussion. On the eve of the Second World War, a wealthy widow (Carey Mulligan) hires an amateur archaeologist (Ralph Fiennes) to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery of a wooden ship from the Dark Ages, the echoes of Britain’s past resonate in the face of its uncertain future. Australian director Simon Stone’s film has an undercurrent of real emotion which sensitively conveys the fragility of lives and time with a rare, old-school honesty.

On-line discussion. Boston heiress Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) is a neurotic wreck, largely because her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper) continues to control her life. However, after a stint in a sanatorium where she receives the attention of Dr. Jasquith (Claude Rains), Charlotte comes out of her shell and agrees to go on a South American cruise. Aboard ship she meets Jerry (Paul Henreid) and falls in love, despite him being married. They enjoy a brief tryst in Rio before returning to the States, where Charlotte struggles to forget him and find happiness.