Tag: Alfonso Cuarón

The Witches | Review

Witch Kitsch: Zemeckis Dons Dahl in Revamp of Stylish Cult Classic Thirty years ago, Nicolas Roeg, one of cinema’s most innovative cinematographer-turned-auteurs, adapted the 1983...

Dylan Kai Dempsey’s Top 10 Theatrical Releases of 2018

Another year of Oscars. Another year of whitewashed, predominantly-male nominations; another year of passionate love/hate from film fans. And another year of small victories!...

ROMA | Review

Going Home Again: Cuarón Aces Return to Mexico with Autobiographical, Intimate drama From one woman reaching the shore to another going back to it, from...

The Conversation: The Top 20 Theatrical Releases of 2018

It was a strong year for wicked and weird in cinema---if you knew where to look for it. A strong showing of women directors...

The Conversation: Vox Lux Leads Best of TIFF 2018

As the Toronto International Film Festival continues to downsize its programming and say adieu to CEO and Director Piers Handling for its 2018 edition,...

2018 Venice Film Festival: Jennifer Kent, Alverson, Corbet, Schnabel & Coen Bros. in Comp

Surprise, surprise. At the end of the day, Ethan and Joel Coen's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a feature film (not a series)...

The Conversation – Cannes Predictions I: North & South America

As we near the announcement of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival’s program next month (April 12th for Cannes, 16th for Critics' Week and possibly...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #45. Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma

Roma We’ve been waiting five years for the next project from Alfonso Cuaron after his Oscar winning 2013 big budget Gravity. Intriguingly, Cuaron is returning...

The Conversation: Venice 2017 – Those Who Were Not Named

With Locarno and Venice’s recently announced competition line-ups, the last stand as far as 2017 festival circuit competition now sits with the soon to...

The Conversation: The 2017 Venice & TIFF Vortex

As the fall festival circuit looms, anticipation is high for a number of items expected to premiere in the fourth quarter. Following a glut...

The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell (2017 Edition)

It’s hard to believe, but we’re about five weeks away from the unveiling of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival lineup. After several months of...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #20. Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma

Roma Director: Alfonso Cuaron Writer: Alfonso Cuaron After his Oscar winning 2013 big budget Gravity, news of Mexican auteur Alfonso Cuaron’s next project has been highly anticipated....

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jonás Cuarón’s Forsaken

Due to the film's against all odds protagonist, look for Forsaken (formerly known as Desierto) to be mentioned as a reference point to Who is...

Criterion Collection: Y Tu Mamá También | Blu-ray Review

After a decade floating around the Hollywood back lots trading dignity for cash and technical experience on A Little Princess and Great Expectations, Alfonso...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #106. Jonas Cuaron’s Desierto

Desierto Director: Jonas Cuaron Writers: Mateo Garcia, Jonas Cuaron Producers: Alfonso Cuaron, Carlos Cuaron and Alex Garcia U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Jonas Cuaron,...

Best of 2013: Jordan M. Smith’s Top 20 Films (Picks 15 to 11)

Continued from picks 20 to 16.... 20. Fruitvale Station – Ryan Coogler 19. Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling 18. Valentine Road – Marta Cunningham 17. Dirty...

Best of 2013: Nicholas Bell’s Top 10 Films (Picks 10 to 6)

Please note, the absence of titles like Spring Breakers, Paradise: Faith, Frances Ha, No, and The Place Beyond the Pines is due to the...

Gravity | Review

Alfonso Aims For Stars: Breaks Cinematic Barriers A Little Princess now seems light years away, but let go of the groundbreaking visual wonder that skyrockets...

Top 3 Critic’s Picks In Theaters this October: Blue Is the Warmest Color, A Touch of Sin & Gravity

This October we've got a handful of gems from Sundance in indie dramatic items such as Stacie Passon's Concussion, Matthew Porterfield's I Used to...

Stacked 2013 Venice Edition Includes Latest Miyazaki, Ki-Duk, Ming-liang, Dolan and Frederick Wiseman

With still several films not yet announced for the behemoth Toronto Int. Film Festival,  it appears that 2013 will be a significant cross-over year...

TIFF’s Phat 2013 Line-up Includes Latest From: Chomet, Egoyan, Holofcener, Glazer, Gordon Green & Reichardt

With dramatic fare such as August: Osage County, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Dallas Buyers Club, 2013's Toronto Int. Film Festival once again...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #44. Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity

Gravity Director: Alfonso Cuarón Writer(s): Alfonso and Jonás Cuarón, Rodrigo García Producer(s): David Heyman, Geyer Kosinski U.S. Distributor: Universal Pictures Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney There ain't too many Sandra...

Sean Durkin, Jane Campion, Rowe & Franco: Top 15 Most Anticipated Miniseries or Made for Television Films of 2013

Here at IONCINEMA.com, our interests with film extends into the world of the occasional television mini-series or made for TV project, a place were...