Emmanuel Lubezki is finalizing his return to movies as the cinematographer of David O. Russell’s next directorial project, Deadline confirms. Russell’s film is untitled but is set up at New Regency and has already tapped Christian Bale, Michael B. Jordan, and Margot Robbie to star. Plot details are remaining under wraps. The movie will reunite Russell with Bale after “The Fighter” and “American Hustle,” the former of which won Bale the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The project will mark the first collaborations between Russell and Robbie, Jordan, and Lubezki.
Lubezki has remained largely out of the spotlight since an unprecedented run between 2013 and 2015 in which he won three Oscars for Best Cinematography thanks to his work on “Gravity,” “Birdman,” and “The Revenant.” The Dp’s last feature film was Terrence Malick’s “Song to Song” in 2017, one of several collaborations with the auteur that also include “The New World,...
Lubezki has remained largely out of the spotlight since an unprecedented run between 2013 and 2015 in which he won three Oscars for Best Cinematography thanks to his work on “Gravity,” “Birdman,” and “The Revenant.” The Dp’s last feature film was Terrence Malick’s “Song to Song” in 2017, one of several collaborations with the auteur that also include “The New World,...
- 3/3/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Alita: Battle Angel (Robert Rodriguez)
Alita lives and dies by its eponymous creation, and to the credit of director Robert Rodriguez, producers James Cameron and Jon Landau, and the visual effects house Weta Digital, the character represents an impressive technical feat. More so than the Na’vi in Avatar, which always had extraterrestrial origins as an out for any inhuman qualities, Alita’s humanoid nature requires a certain 1:1 realism, a sustained suspension of any and all disbelief. Alita’s eyes might be affectedly large in a manga sort of way, but they persuasively project a young person’s earnestness and vulnerability, which is no easy feat.
Alita: Battle Angel (Robert Rodriguez)
Alita lives and dies by its eponymous creation, and to the credit of director Robert Rodriguez, producers James Cameron and Jon Landau, and the visual effects house Weta Digital, the character represents an impressive technical feat. More so than the Na’vi in Avatar, which always had extraterrestrial origins as an out for any inhuman qualities, Alita’s humanoid nature requires a certain 1:1 realism, a sustained suspension of any and all disbelief. Alita’s eyes might be affectedly large in a manga sort of way, but they persuasively project a young person’s earnestness and vulnerability, which is no easy feat.
- 7/12/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Mexican Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences hosted the 61st edition of their Ariel Awards on Monday evening, where Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” and Alejandra Márquez Abella’s “The Good Girls” stood out among the winners.
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Cuarón’s “Roma” scooping best picture is that it’s only the second of his films to win an Ariel award, and the first to be nominated for best picture. In 1992 “Sólo con Tu Pareja” was nominated for best first work and screenplay, and won best original story. In 2001 he chose not to submit his Oscar-nominated classic “Y tu mamá también” in protest at the Academy’s voting practices.
By the end of the Monday evening however, “Roma” netted 10 prizes, including best director, supporting actress, photography, screenplay, editing, sound, art design, visual effects and special effects to go along with the best picture prize.
A festival darling over the past year,...
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Cuarón’s “Roma” scooping best picture is that it’s only the second of his films to win an Ariel award, and the first to be nominated for best picture. In 1992 “Sólo con Tu Pareja” was nominated for best first work and screenplay, and won best original story. In 2001 he chose not to submit his Oscar-nominated classic “Y tu mamá también” in protest at the Academy’s voting practices.
By the end of the Monday evening however, “Roma” netted 10 prizes, including best director, supporting actress, photography, screenplay, editing, sound, art design, visual effects and special effects to go along with the best picture prize.
A festival darling over the past year,...
- 6/25/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Alfonso Cuarón's Sólo con tu pareja (1991) is showing January 4 – February 2 and Y tu mamá también (2001) is showing January 5 – February 3, 2018 on Mubi in the United States as part of the series What Is An Auteur?: Director Double Features.Daniel Giménez Cacho’s Don Juan-esque Tomás Tomás loves women with the same unbridled fervor he hates syringes. Catching up with Alfonso Cuarón’s feature debut Sólo con tu pareja a whopping 26 years after its 1992 premiere, I was less impressed by the protagonist’s sexual escapades than the terrified look he gives nurse Silvia (Dobrina Liubomirova) as she readies him for a blood test. A diehard Casanova and beacon of heterosexual prowess reduced to a hypochondriac bundle of quivering limbs. “Pull yourself together, señor Tomás,” the girl giggles, a needle in her hand. “Will it hurt?” he mutters, terrified. “A lot.” Deemed too controversial and banned for many years in its home turf,...
- 1/4/2019
- MUBI
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
The films of Alfonso Cuarón are playing through Tuesday, including Children of Men, Sólo con tu pareja, and more in 35mm, Y tu mamá también, and Roma in 70mm.
MoMA
The 16th annual edition of To Save and Project is now underway, featuring newly restored films from Barbet Schroeder, Yvonne Rainer,...
Film Society of Lincoln Center
The films of Alfonso Cuarón are playing through Tuesday, including Children of Men, Sólo con tu pareja, and more in 35mm, Y tu mamá también, and Roma in 70mm.
MoMA
The 16th annual edition of To Save and Project is now underway, featuring newly restored films from Barbet Schroeder, Yvonne Rainer,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa, Nancy García García, Verónica García, Andy Cortes, Fernando Grediaga, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, José Manuel Guerrero Mendoza | Written and Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
It physically pains me to report that Alfonso Cuaron’s long anticipated follow up to his 2013 critically acclaimed masterpiece Gravity is, unfortunately, a flat and ever prolonged emotional dud. A one-hundred and thirty-minute passionate project that’s based on Cuaron’s own childhood, Roma follows a family and their maid that slowly but surely unfolds its flush hand in a sad manner of a placid, albeit weighted emotional substance that fleets in such an elongated and weak fashion.
Roma begins in a beautifully intoxicating fashion via outrageously beautiful visuals that are executed throughout in astounding monochrome from director ,and first time credited cinematographer, Alfonso Cuaron. Primarily enforcing slow pans that encapsulate the broader...
It physically pains me to report that Alfonso Cuaron’s long anticipated follow up to his 2013 critically acclaimed masterpiece Gravity is, unfortunately, a flat and ever prolonged emotional dud. A one-hundred and thirty-minute passionate project that’s based on Cuaron’s own childhood, Roma follows a family and their maid that slowly but surely unfolds its flush hand in a sad manner of a placid, albeit weighted emotional substance that fleets in such an elongated and weak fashion.
Roma begins in a beautifully intoxicating fashion via outrageously beautiful visuals that are executed throughout in astounding monochrome from director ,and first time credited cinematographer, Alfonso Cuaron. Primarily enforcing slow pans that encapsulate the broader...
- 12/19/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
“Roma,” which is available to watch on Netflix starting today, marks Alfonso Cuarón’s return to Mexico after 17 years of working in Hollywood, and there’s a reason it took so long: He wasn’t sure he’d be able to work in his native country again. Speaking to the Red Bulletin, Cuarón — who got his start with 1995’s “Sólo con Tu Pareja” and directed “Y Tu Mamá También” six years later — explains the absence.
Read More: Mexico’s Major Theater Chain Won’t Release ‘Roma,’ Leaving Alfonso Cuarón Upset
“It is so exhausting, and it’s not good for business,” the filmmaker says of having “burned bridges” in Mexico. “The way I produced my first film, ‘Sólo con Tu Pareja,’ wasn’t looked upon terribly well. I had a lot of support from the Mexican government, but their investment was minor. I was adamant that they were not my bosses.
Read More: Mexico’s Major Theater Chain Won’t Release ‘Roma,’ Leaving Alfonso Cuarón Upset
“It is so exhausting, and it’s not good for business,” the filmmaker says of having “burned bridges” in Mexico. “The way I produced my first film, ‘Sólo con Tu Pareja,’ wasn’t looked upon terribly well. I had a lot of support from the Mexican government, but their investment was minor. I was adamant that they were not my bosses.
- 12/14/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present director Alfonso Cuarón with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award for his work on “Roma.”
The honor will be presented at the festival’s awards gala on Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festival is in its 30th year and runs from Jan. 3 to Jan. 14.
“Alfonso Cuarón’s latest feature, ‘Roma,’ is a masterful achievement in filmmaking,” said festival chairman Harold Matzner. “Drawing upon his childhood memories, Cuarón has created an emotionally driven story about a family growing up in 1970s Mexico City. A film he not only directed, but also was a writer, producer, cinematographer and editor. For his ability to take on many roles and for his expert storytelling of this subject matter, the festival is proud to present Alfonso Cuarón with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award.”
The award is named after the festival’s founder and former Palm Springs mayor,...
The honor will be presented at the festival’s awards gala on Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festival is in its 30th year and runs from Jan. 3 to Jan. 14.
“Alfonso Cuarón’s latest feature, ‘Roma,’ is a masterful achievement in filmmaking,” said festival chairman Harold Matzner. “Drawing upon his childhood memories, Cuarón has created an emotionally driven story about a family growing up in 1970s Mexico City. A film he not only directed, but also was a writer, producer, cinematographer and editor. For his ability to take on many roles and for his expert storytelling of this subject matter, the festival is proud to present Alfonso Cuarón with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award.”
The award is named after the festival’s founder and former Palm Springs mayor,...
- 11/26/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
From an off-kilter AIDS comedy to a Harry Potter adventure — from a hormone-fueled road movie about horny teenagers to an Oscar-winning spectacle about a lone woman lost in space — Alfonso Cuarón has forged one of the most unpredictable and uncompromising careers in modern filmmaking. And yet, despite the absurd degree of variety that outwardly seems to define his art, Cuarón’s eight features are bound together by a shared obsession with time, memory, social mobility, and the cinema’s unique power to knot all of these things together (often in the span of a single dazzling shot).
Now touring the festival circuit with the universally adored “Roma” in advance of its December release in theaters and on Netflix, Cuarón has once again reconfirmed his place among the greatest auteurs working today. To celebrate a new addition to this remarkable body of work, we present our complete overview of Cuarón’s movies,...
Now touring the festival circuit with the universally adored “Roma” in advance of its December release in theaters and on Netflix, Cuarón has once again reconfirmed his place among the greatest auteurs working today. To celebrate a new addition to this remarkable body of work, we present our complete overview of Cuarón’s movies,...
- 9/19/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“It’s been a very long process, but I’m excited it’s finally about to come to fruition,” Alfonso Cuarón told IndieWire during his first U.S. interview about his upcoming drama, “Roma.” Four years after “Gravity” won him the Oscar for best director, the 56-year-old filmmaker is returning to the big screen with a project he calls the “most essential movie” of his career. Cuarón insists “Roma” is the film he’s been building towards since his debut, “Sólo con Tu Pareja,” in 1991.
“I always wanted to make a film and be comfortable with it when I finished it,” Cuarón told IndieWire. “With ‘Roma,’ I was satisfied with it when we finished. I was very happy with it, and that’s because it’s the first film I was fully able to convey what I wanted to convey as a film. It’s a story in many different...
“I always wanted to make a film and be comfortable with it when I finished it,” Cuarón told IndieWire. “With ‘Roma,’ I was satisfied with it when we finished. I was very happy with it, and that’s because it’s the first film I was fully able to convey what I wanted to convey as a film. It’s a story in many different...
- 7/25/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The ascent of cinematographer Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubzeki into a household name (or nickname) can be traced to his stunning work over a 30-year career, but also the enticing narratives behind the scenes on each project. First there come the whispers of what’s happening on a particular set — All natural light! Shot in one unbroken take! Set entirely in space with one character! — and then quickly from there, anticipation mounts around exactly how the hell Lubezki will be able to pull the feat off. The incredible thing is how few missteps have resulted from Lubezki constantly pushing technology and storytelling forward. A lifetime collaboration of over six films with director Alfonso Cuarón has cemented an intimate style coupled with technical prowess, starting with “Sólo Con Tu Pareja” up through 2013’s Oscar-winning “Gravity.” That ambition has only increased in his partnerships with Terrence Malick and Alejandro González Iñárritu, both of which.
- 2/10/2016
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
As we continue to wait on whatever non-vfx heavy project Alfonso Cuarón does next, let’s take a step back and look at the Oscar winner’s filmography so far though a new video via Cinephilia & Beyond. Edited by Edgar Martinez , the video lasts just shy of four minutes and twenty seconds, and covers Cuarón’s feature-length directorial output from “Love in the Time of Hysteria” (aka “Sólo Con Tu Pareja”) to “Gravity,” and everything in between. It’s a great little video that shows just how striking the director's images have always been, even when making small budget movies in Mexico. It’s interesting to note that the “Children of Men” helmer has worked far more in English than he has in his native tongue, for a ratio of 5-to–2. Watch the video below.
- 9/17/2014
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
After a decade floating around the Hollywood back lots trading dignity for cash and technical experience on A Little Princess and Great Expectations, Alfonso Cuarón realized he needed to emotionally involve himself in his source material, letting his personal life, his upbringing and his cultural experience bleed into the next project he chose to pursue. Part of the Nuevo Cine Mexicano auteurs who enjoyed considerable international success (Iñárritu’s Amores perros were interchangeably part of the same discourse), the resulting cinematic masterpiece Y tu mamá también was simultaneously a visually stunning portrait of Mexico (the film was shot by master cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki) and the fragility of friendship, and a heartbreaking meditation on the transient nature of youth teeming with life and love and the tragic beauty of naiveté. Unsurprisingly, this Venice Film Festival winning film would become Mexico’s top grossing film of all time in its first weekend.
- 8/20/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
This weekend, as you search for a movie to watch, you can either go out to see Riddick, or stay home and pick one of approximately 14 billion options available on streaming over a variety of services, be it Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, On Demand, or other sites. Every Friday, Vulture tries to make life easier by narrowing it down to a handful of heartily recommended options. This week, we prepare for the fall movie season by unearthing the past work of vets like Alfonso Cuarón, Nicole Holofcener, and more. Sólo Con Tu ParejaDespite segueing from small character pieces to Hollywood blockbusters, there's a lot of Alfonso Cuarón in every Alfonso Cuarón movie. This fall we get the director's space-mission-gone-wrong picture Gravity, a far cry from his 1991 debut Sólo Con Tu Pareja (released in the States as Love in the Time of Hysteria), a twisted romp centered on a Casanova-type falsely...
- 9/6/2013
- by Matt Patches
- Vulture
Among today’s filmmakers, very few have the track record that genius auteur Alfonso Cuaron (Sólo con tu pareja) has. After his last film, Children Of Men, became the instant masterpiece that it truly is, word on his next feature length, theatrical project stayed rather quiet until it was announced that not only was it the sci-fi film, Gravity, but that it would star Robert Downey Jr.
However, the news only gets more interesting. According to The Playlist, the company Framestore will be re-teaming with Cuaron, for the upcoming film’s special effects. They not only worked on Children of Men, but recently they did work on Avatar and Prince Of Persia, so you know that there is some talent there. That said, the more interesting note is that the film will feature a 20-minute opening shot.
You heard me right, a 20-minute opening shot, that unlike the famed car shot from Children of Men,...
However, the news only gets more interesting. According to The Playlist, the company Framestore will be re-teaming with Cuaron, for the upcoming film’s special effects. They not only worked on Children of Men, but recently they did work on Avatar and Prince Of Persia, so you know that there is some talent there. That said, the more interesting note is that the film will feature a 20-minute opening shot.
You heard me right, a 20-minute opening shot, that unlike the famed car shot from Children of Men,...
- 6/17/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Happy Cinco de Mayo, fellow Americans! This holiday has nothing to do with us, and yet we love to celebrate it anyway. And that's cool; there's nothing wrong with using a holiday as an excuse to learn more about a particular culture. Just make sure you take the time to find out what the day means before you engage in any drunken revelry.
The holiday extends back to the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862. Outnumber Mexican armed forces beat back French invaders who were trying to lay claim to the state of Puebla. You can learn more about the holiday and its significance on MTV.com in Josh Wigler's full report. This is MTV Movies Blog though, and I'd be remiss if I didn't take some time today to shout out some of the brilliant Mexican filmmakers and films that can be found out there.
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu...
The holiday extends back to the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862. Outnumber Mexican armed forces beat back French invaders who were trying to lay claim to the state of Puebla. You can learn more about the holiday and its significance on MTV.com in Josh Wigler's full report. This is MTV Movies Blog though, and I'd be remiss if I didn't take some time today to shout out some of the brilliant Mexican filmmakers and films that can be found out there.
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu...
- 5/5/2010
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
In the new film "The Human Centipede (First Sequence)," an insane German doctor sews three people together to fulfill his dream of making a, well, human centipede. Is it the most extreme thing we've ever seen in a movie? What's the appeal of seeking out images that push boundaries like this? This week on the IFC News podcast, we discuss shock cinema, its power, and why everyone's seeking out the place where extreme arthouse and extreme genre meet.
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This week's keyword game giveaway is a pair of Criterion DVDs: "Sólo Con Tu Pareja," the directorial debut of Alfonso Cuarón, and Erik Skjoldbjærg's "Insomnia," which was later remade by Christopher Nolan.
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This week's keyword game giveaway is a pair of Criterion DVDs: "Sólo Con Tu Pareja," the directorial debut of Alfonso Cuarón, and Erik Skjoldbjærg's "Insomnia," which was later remade by Christopher Nolan.
- 4/26/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
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