directed by Alphonse Cuaron 
reviewed by Debra Murphy
(content warnings: Rated R for violence, profanity) 

This is an amazing film, both cinematically and thematically. But it’s the theme I want to touch on quickly, because I almost can’t believe it.

A number of critics have mentioned the film’s "dystopian vision", but I have yet to see anyone connect director Alphonse Cuaron’s vision with what appear’s to this viewer as a seering critique of the Culture of Death, especially if we don’t get our act together as a society and start appreciating the dignity and miracle which is human life.