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Alfonso Cuaron

daily stream: is this the way the world ends?

Thu, Sep 28, 2023
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2006’s Children of Men leaves UK iPlayer on October 4th; on Prime in the US.

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daily stream: stunningly accomplished space survival adventure

Wed, Sep 20, 2023
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2013’s Gravity is on Max in the US, Prime in the UK.

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my picks for tonight’s 91st Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2018’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Feb 25, 2019
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I correctly guessed 9 out of the 24 categories, which is appalling. I shall be in my corner reprimanding myself.

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AWFJ 2018 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Jan 10, 2019
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Our most honored films are Roma (five awards), The Favourite (four awards), and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (three awards).

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OFCS 2018 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 02, 2019
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Roma wins four awards including Best Picture; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is Best Animated Feature.

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my guesses for Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards

Mon, Mar 03, 2014
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Winners are indicated. I got 16/24. Pretty good, if I may say so myself.

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is Russell Crowe’s Noah a “crazy, irrational, religious nut”?

Fri, Feb 14, 2014
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Paramount is hoping to sell Darren Aronofsky’s Noah to both secular and religious audiences. This’ll be fun to watch…

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the Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013 EDA Award winners

Fri, Dec 20, 2013
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12 Years a Slave and Gravity win big…

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the Online Film Critics Society 2013 film awards winners

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
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12 Years a Slave is our big winner…

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watch the short film “Aningaaq,” a complement to Gravity

Wed, Nov 20, 2013
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By Jonas Cuarón, Alfonso’s son, who cowrote Gravity with his father.

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