We’re going to have a few nibbles of a recent interview with director Alfonso Cuarón leading up to a larger piece dealing specifically with his work on the space spectacle “Gravity.” Today, given the scale and high level of difficulty of a film like this, I found myself curious about the lessons Cuarón learned on 1998’s “Great Expectations.”
Alfonso Cuarón remembers lessons learned on 1998's 'Great Expectations'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:17 am · September 18th, 2013
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Helena Bonham Carter to be honored by the London Film Critics' Circle
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:05 am · December 11th, 2012
The actress will receive the Dilys Powell Award for contribution to British cinema
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Roundup: Making the case for Nicole Kidman
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:28 am · December 3rd, 2012
Also: ‘War Witch’ wins at Camerimage, and Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Liberty Valance’
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Off the Carpet: Telluride wraps, Toronto approaches
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:43 am · September 3rd, 2012
The season is here. “Argo” has sounded the starting gun in the mountains of Telluride while “The Master” has made a strong case on the Lido of Venice. Where will we go from here?
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Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes dig into 'Great Expectations' in international trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:07 pm · August 14th, 2012
Jeremy Irvine and Holliday Grainger also star in the upcoming TIFF player.
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Fall fests set to fire the Oscar starting gun
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:14 am · July 30th, 2012
Now that the first wave of festival announcements has hit, let’s take a look at things.
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Oscarweb Round-up: NYFFers react to 'Hugo'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:09 am · October 11th, 2011
In today’s round-up, New York Film Festival attendees react to Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo,” a Detroit woman has the gall to sue the distributor of “Drive” for not getting a dumbed-down chase movie and David Fincher launches yet another dubious viral site for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
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