GMU graduate (and former Film & Media Studies minor, English major, and PopMatters intern) Gina Kim has published a review of the film, A Five Star Life, in PopMatters.
"French philosopher Marc Augé has described the “non-place” as one people inhabit temporarily. Non-places like airports and hotels serve functions that are opposite of those served by homes, places where people might find safety or stability. Irene (Margherita Buy) sees this opposition differently. In A Five Star Life, she works as a 'mystery guest,' a secret customer at five-star hotels in order to write reviews of the service."
August 16, 2014