High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewAlfonso Cuaron Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/alfonso-cuaron/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Cannes Journal: The Shining in 4k https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/cannes-2019-kubrick-shining-4k-restoration/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/cannes-2019-kubrick-shining-4k-restoration/#comments Wed, 29 May 2019 17:00:30 +0000 Jason Gorber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=98365 For three years running, Warner Bros. has promoted a new restoration as part of the “Cannes Classics” series. These screenings take place in the Debussy, the second largest (and preferred) theater of the palais complex. With 900 seats, it’s a true temple to cinema, with particularly exceptional sound reproduction. The screenings are treated as premieres,...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/cannes-2019-kubrick-shining-4k-restoration/feed/ 5 TIFF Journal: Roma https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-2018-roma-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-2018-roma-movie-review/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2018 19:00:37 +0000 Philip Brown https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=93620 After 17 years, Alfonso Cuarón finally made a follow-up to Y tu mamá también. During his time in Hollywood, Cuarón had a more personal and distinctly Mexican project planned that he was determined make. It took a few hundred million dollars worth of box office, a Best Director Oscar, and the invention of Netflix for...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-2018-roma-movie-review/feed/ 5 TIFF Journal: ‘Desierto’ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-desierto-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-desierto-movie-review/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:00:44 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=72792 Two years ago, Alfonso Cuarón’s son Jonás helped him script the stunning blockbuster ‘Gravity’. Around the same time, Jonás Cuarón was also writing his own movie, ‘Desierto’, which was a similarly stripped-down survivalist tale laced with allegory behind the action. ‘Gravity’ never quite delivered its subtext with the same skill as its immersive elements, but...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-desierto-movie-review/feed/ 0 Statuesque: 2015 Oscar Nominations https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/2015-oscar-nominations/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/2015-oscar-nominations/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:00:52 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=67573 The race is officially on! In a presentation broadcast this morning, actor Chris Pine, directors J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the 2015 Oscar nominations. This year brings us eight Best Picture nominees. Most of them were easy to predict beforehand, though I...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/2015-oscar-nominations/feed/ 40 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 17th, 2014 – Catches Thieves Just Like Flies! https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-aug-17-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-aug-17-2014/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:00:42 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=64435 Are we really so far into the summer that the season’s big tentpole releases are already hitting Blu-ray? This week brings us a huge blockbuster that made tons of money a few months ago, even though hardly anyone who saw it would claim to actually like it. New Releases ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2‘ – In...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-aug-17-2014/feed/ 33 Even James Cameron Downplays 3D https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/james-cameron-downplays-3d/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/james-cameron-downplays-3d/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:00:09 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=61434 As a follow-up to yesterday’s poll about the fading fortunes of 3D video, it appears that even famed 3D enthusiast James Cameron is now willing to admit that the format has lost some of its luster. Hardly all that long ago at all, Cameron – whose ‘Avatar‘ was a prime motivator in the modern 3D...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/james-cameron-downplays-3d/feed/ 25 ‘Believe’ Pilot Recap: “I Don’t Like Kids” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/believe-pilot-recap/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/believe-pilot-recap/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:00:06 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=61067 Alfonso Cuaron, you’ve just won the Oscar for directing ‘Gravity’. What will you do next? “I’m going to direct a mediocre and derivative TV pilot for a fourth-place broadcast network!”* Sigh. [*Not an actual quote.] In recent weeks, NBC has hyped the hell out of its mid-season drama series ‘Believe’, primarily for the involvement of...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/believe-pilot-recap/feed/ 3 Oscar Poll: Best Director 2014 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/best-director-2014-oscar-poll/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/best-director-2014-oscar-poll/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:00:36 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=60549 In most years, the Academy likes to pair up the Best Picture and Best Director trophies in sync. After all, how can a movie be the best picture of the year if the director didn’t do the best job making it? Will that be the case again this year, or will voters separate the categories?...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/best-director-2014-oscar-poll/feed/ 4 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 23rd, 2014 – 9.8 m/s^2 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-feb-23-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-feb-23-2014/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:00:27 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=60426 That’s a little better now, isn’t it? The last few weeks haven’t seen too many heavy-hitters on Blu-ray, but this week brings us two of last year’s biggest blockbusters, a couple of notable award winners, and some other good stuff. Let’s dig in! New Releases ‘Gravity‘ – I didn’t get out to the theater much...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-feb-23-2014/feed/ 16 Statuesque: Golden Globes 2014 After-Party https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/golden-globes-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/golden-globes-2014/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:00:08 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=59571 The Golden Globes aired last night, hosted for the second year in a row by funny ladies Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The Globes have a reputation for being the most fun event of awards season, but sadly, I have to say that this one was pretty dull. As for the prizes handed out, well…...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/golden-globes-2014/feed/ 4 Now Playing: ‘Gravity’ Rises to the Top https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gravity-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gravity-review/#comments Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:00:47 +0000 Aaron Peck http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=56820 You’re bound to read all sorts of hyperbolic love for Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’. Just so you know, it’s all true. While fixing the Hubble telescope, Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) are greeted with orbiting debris. Going into specifics about the debris isn’t necessary. All we know is that, after...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gravity-review/feed/ 61 The Trailer Park: No, It’s Not Another ‘Solaris’ Remake https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/trailers-captain-gravity-world/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/trailers-captain-gravity-world/#respond Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:43 +0000 M. Enois Duarte http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=51291 George Clooney and Sandra Bullock get lost in space in this week’s collection of movie trailers. Also, modern-day pirates prove they’re far scarier than Johnny Depp impersonating Keith Richards. ‘The World’s End’ Finally, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite to complete their so-called “Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy” (a.k.a. the “Blood and Ice Cream...

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