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Alfonso Cuarón

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Children of Men (2006)

Alfonso Cuarón

Children of Men (2006)

This review was originally published on Christmas Day 2006 at Christianity Today. It is reprinted here with permission.

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Gravity (2013)

Critics will go on and on comparing "Gravity" to groundbreaking works of art like "2001: A Space Odyssey," but... really?

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Coming Soon From the Maker of Children of Men

[UPDATE: Apparently the "scoop" that I shared below may not be such a scoop after all. Here's the latest.] Ever since Alfonso Cuarón directed A Little Princess, I've been excited about his work. Since then, he's given us Y Tu Mama Tambien,

Guillermo Del Toro

Through a Screen Darkly - Bonus Chapter - The Greatest Story Ever Told By Accident

[Including a consideration of Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, and Babel] Encountering Christ While Running From Him Those who meditate on the character of Christ will be surprised to find him everywhere ... even in movies that seem at first to have nothing to do with the Gospel. In

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Thanks to director Alfonso Cuarón and his dream-team of British actors, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban may mark the first time that the third film in a trilogy has been the best. But thanks to storyteller J.K. Rowling, the derivative plot lacks depth and suspense. Cuarón is

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Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)

Y Tu Mama Tambien is being hyped as a "teen movie" for the arthouse crowd. Having seen it, I can say this without any doubt: while it is about teenagers, it is definitely not for teenagers. This is serious, and dangerous, artmaking — a story of two adolescent boys

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"Children of Men": Literary sabotage, or award-winning adaptation?

The debate continues: Did the screenwriters for Children of Men take a novel written by a Christian, which offered a profoundly Christian vision of human depravity and redemption, and turn it into an attack on Christianity? Or were they just interested in taking P.D. James' premise and exploiting

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Cuaron on "Children of Men" and Christian Themes

Thanks to Steven Greydanus for catching this revealing admission from Alfonso Cuarón regarding Children of Men: Cuarón: There was a script and I read the beginning of it and didn’t like it. I wasn’t interested in making a science fiction film and secondly I wasn’t interested in

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J. Robert Parks Raves About "Children of Men"

I love it when a movie rekindles, and increases, my love and appreciation of what movies can do. Children of Men does that for me. I'm seeing it again tonight, and I'm just giddy with anticipation. Apparently, J. Robert Parks was also rather impressed. I hope

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Alfonso Cuarón: "Narrative is the Poison of Cinema"

Children of Men drops you smack dab in the middle of an apocalypse. You'd better be ready. Alfonso Cuarón isn't interested in explaining everything to the audience. He wants us to struggle to get our bearings. The work of understanding is what makes art an experience

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Alfonso Cuarón: "Narrative is the Poison of Cinema"

Children of Men drops you smack dab in the middle of an apocalypse. You'd better be ready. Alfonso Cuarón isn't interested in explaining everything to the audience. He wants us to struggle to get our bearings. The work of understanding is what makes art an experience

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Questions for Alfonso Cuarón?

I'll be meeting Alfonso Cuarón on Monday, and I've got all kinds of questions for him. But I'm open to suggestions. Do you have a question for the director of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, The Little Princess, and

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An Appeal to MGM: Get Alfonzo Cuaron to Direct "The Hobbit"

Since Peter Jackson has just made it offical... he's not going to direct The Hobbit... the biggest guaranteed blockbuster on the "Coming Soon" list is now in need of a director. MGM is probably going to have directors lined up begging for the job. And I