Alfonso Cuarón remembers lessons learned on 1998's 'Great Expectations'

Posted by · 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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Helena Bonham Carter to be honored by the London Film Critics' Circle

Posted by · 7:05 am · December 11th, 2012

The actress will receive the Dilys Powell Award for contribution to British cinema

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Roundup: Making the case for Nicole Kidman

Posted by · 4:28 am · December 3rd, 2012

Also: ‘War Witch’ wins at Camerimage, and Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Liberty Valance’

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Off the Carpet: Telluride wraps, Toronto approaches

Posted by · 11:43 am · September 3rd, 2012

The season is here. “Argo” has sounded the starting gun in the mountains of Telluride while “The Master” has made a strong case on the Lido of Venice. Where will we go from here?

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Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes dig into 'Great Expectations' in international trailer

Posted by · 2:07 pm · August 14th, 2012

Jeremy Irvine and Holliday Grainger also star in the upcoming TIFF player.

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Fall fests set to fire the Oscar starting gun

Posted by · 11:14 am · July 30th, 2012

Now that the first wave of festival announcements has hit, let’s take a look at things.

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Oscarweb Round-up: NYFFers react to 'Hugo'

Posted by · 7:09 am · October 11th, 2011

In today’s round-up, New York Film Festival attendees react to Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo,” a Detroit woman has the gall to sue the distributor of “Drive” for not getting a dumbed-down chase movie and David Fincher launches yet another dubious viral site for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”

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