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Children of Men

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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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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,

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Peter Suderman on "Children of Men"... Again

I have occasionally revised, or completely rewritten, my review of a film simply because it took more than one viewing before I could see it clearly enough, and understand it deeply enough, to make a fair assessment. If I could take back the way I rated Spider-man 3 and The

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Were the Voters Blindfolded?

Somebody explain to me how you can watch Pan's Labyrinth and Children of Men and think that Pan's Labyrinth is the better work of cinematography? Pan's Labyrinth was filmed with skill and imagination. Children of Men was one of those films that sets the

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"A Christian Voice" in "Children of Men"?

From a comment posted in a previous post, by Mike Harris Stone: Wings of Desire And by the way, the backlash against the CT critics celebrating Children of Men . . . I keep wondering if some of those offended by the choice might be less offended if they actually Read. The. Review.

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Are Christianity Today's Movie Reviews Written With an "Anti-Evangelical Agenda"?

As you may already know, this week a radio talk-show host accused Christianity Today Movies' film reviewers of misrepresenting the magazine's foundation of evangelical conviction. And a Christian filmmaker responded to one of those reviews by declaring that one of CT's most prolific and respected

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Conversations with Critics About Favorite Films of 2006

It was the year of the endangered baby. Tsotsi, L'Enfant, The Nativity Story, Pan's Labyrinth,Children of Men... all of these films were focused on either infants or unborn children who are carried through terrible danger. But that was a subset of films characterized by a

The Art of Adaptation

"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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"Children of Men": A Mother's Perspective

Here's an intriguing response to Children of Men that was posted by Jen Zug (who blogs here) over at ArtsandFaith.com... Caution: SPOILERS! I disagree with the comments about the film lacking seriousness and being filled with meaningless violence. I consider myself an apathetic person who finds it

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J. Hoberman on "Children of Men"

The raves are pouring in. Children of Men is the movie that you'll be sorry you missed. Unless, of course, you go see it. Here's J. Hoberman: The 1995 castoff was 12 Monkeys, Terry Gilliam's remake of Chris Marker's La Jetée; this

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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