Sandra Bullock, George Clooney and Alfonso Cuaron celebrated the New York premiere of “Gravity” along with some, um, younger guests including Emma Watson and Katie Holmes.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney take 'Gravity' to New York
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:21 pm · October 1st, 2013
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Experience the third dimension of 'Gravity'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:49 am · October 1st, 2013
New featurette takes you inside Cuarón’s unique approach to 3D
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Roundup: Sony's Oscar plans for 'Blue Jasmine'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:13 am · October 1st, 2013
Also: Charles Ferguson’s cancelled Hillary Clinton doc, and Cuaron on ‘crap’ 3D.
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Alfonso Cuarón on the long, strange trip of 'Gravity'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:49 am · September 25th, 2013
“Gravity” director Alfonso Cuarón tells HitFix about the four-year journey to bring his space odyssey to life, the process of collaborating with his son on the screenplay, the technological advances that were required to achieve his vision and the joy of finally experiencing it through the eyes of an audience.
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Alfonso Cuarón on Emmanuel Lubezki: 'He's one of the great geniuses of our day'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:54 am · September 19th, 2013
One more tease of our upcoming interview with “Gravity” director Alfonso Cuarón before we dive deep on the four-year journey of making that film. We’ve asked about his friend Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” and the lessons he learned on the embattled production of 1998’s “Great Expectations,” but today, I was curious about his collaboration with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, or “Chivo,” as he’s known to his friends and colleagues.
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Alfonso Cuarón remembers lessons learned on 1998's 'Great Expectations'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:17 am · September 18th, 2013
We’re going to have a few nibbles of a recent interview with director Alfonso Cuarón leading up to a larger piece dealing specifically with his work on the space spectacle “Gravity.” Today, given the scale and high level of difficulty of a film like this, I found myself curious about the lessons Cuarón learned on 1998’s “Great Expectations.”
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Sandra Bullock: Alfonso Cuarón gave me the balls to do 'Gravity'
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 8:39 pm · September 17th, 2013
Sandra Bullock sits down to talk about the experience of shooting Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity” and how the puppeteers from the stage play “War Horse” allowed her to fly.
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Alfonso Cuarón says 'Pacific Rim' made 'Gravity' feel like a 'tiny Sundance film'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:57 pm · September 17th, 2013
We’re going to have a few nibbles of a recent interview with director Alfonso Cuarón in lead-up to a larger piece dealing specifically with his work on the space spectacle “Gravity.” Today, with the summer movie season not to far back in the rearview, I thought I’d ask Cuarón for his thoughts on “Pacific Rim.”
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Telluride: Jonás Cuarón's 'Aningaaq' short plays as a companion piece to Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:29 pm · September 1st, 2013
There’s an interesting bit of synergy happening in Telluride this year between the hottest ticket of the festival and a modest short film that has been screening before John Curran’s “Tracks.”
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Telluride: 'All is Lost' and 'Gravity' play with similar themes at sea and in space
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:38 am · September 1st, 2013
Survive this life-affirming double feature.
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Alfonso Cuarón, Jason Reitman, the Coens and more set for 40th annual Telluride Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:00 am · August 28th, 2013
The Coen brothers, T Bone Burnett and Robert Redford are among those to be feted at the 40th annual Telluride Film Festival, which will feature the world premieres of Jason Reitman’s “Labor Day” and Ralph Fiennes’ “The Invisible Woman.” Prestige titles from the 2013 festival circuit so far have been curated for the weekend as well, including Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska,” J.C. Chandor’s “All is Lost” and the Coens’ “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
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Review: Sandra Bullock dances into great silence in Alfonso Cuarón's astonishing 'Gravity'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:28 am · August 28th, 2013
Short but vast Venice opener delivers on the hype.
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Oscar in August: 10 predictions for the 2013-2014 awards season
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:44 am · August 27th, 2013
Our annual look at some of the surefire Oscar nominees and trends a little over six months from the 86th Academy Awards.
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Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity' to open 70th annual Venice Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:59 am · July 3rd, 2013
Eagerly awaited opener portends a starry festival lineup.
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'Gravity' and 'Captain Phillips' among likely Venice Film Festival selections
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:54 am · June 21st, 2013
The fall festival season is two months away.
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Ed Harris heads back to mission control for Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 am · May 9th, 2013
A source confides that Ed Harris is featured in the role of a mission control voice in Alfonso Cuaron’s new film. It might seem like just a nice bit of casting with a recognizable voice, but it’s also a lovely ode to one of the actor’s Oscar-nominated performances.
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With 'Stoker' on the way, 10 great English-language debuts by foreign directors
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:49 am · February 27th, 2013
From F.W. Murnau to Alfonso Cuarón, these directors didn’t get lost in translation.
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A look at science fiction in 2012
Posted by Roth Cornet · 11:24 am · December 27th, 2011
The trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” was released last week, and for science-fiction appreciators, it served as a reminder that 2012 has the potential to be one of the strongest years for smart sci-fi in recent memory.
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