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Publication: The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA.
Starting Dec. 14, the highly anticipated film Roma , directed by Alfonso Cuarón, is slated for a limited release. Locally, FilmScene plans on picking up the film for a week. What makes this release unique is that the film will also release on the streaming website of its distributor, Netflix, on the same date.
This year, with Roma and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (directed by the Coen brothers), Netflix has finally been able to strike a deal with theaters across the country on a larger scale than before. In the past, theaters avoided screening Netflix-distributed movies, but it has managed to secure limited theatrical releases with these.
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