The Top 10 Thought-Provoking Science Fiction Films
Serious science fiction often takes a backseat to the more pulpy, crowdpleasing genre entries. Here are 10 titles far better than any "dogfight in space" adventure.
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First As Warning, Then As Threnody: On Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men’
With his prescient film Children of Men, director Alfonso Cuarón hasn’t flipped Hegel onto his head, as Marx and Engels were accused of doing – he’s knocked him off his feet.
‘Roma’ Is Painfully Beautiful
Alfonso Cuarón's edgily political black-and-white epic of a family in 1970s Mexico City is as masterfully choreographed as Children of Men but more personally intimate.
Double Take: ‘Children of Men’ (2006)
The future is a thing of the past. But all that could change in a heartbeat, as Children of Men makes clear.
The Three Amigos of Mexican Cinema See the Global in the Local
Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón – the “Three Amigos” of Mexican cinema – use their masterpieces to examine the global through the lens of the local.
Cuarón, Almodóvar, and Cassavetes Saved from the Curse of Blockbuster
Due to the time when Blockbuster refused to stock unrated or NC-17 films, many viewers in the States missed out on essential films from directors like Alfonso Cuarón and Pedro Almodóvar.
The Metaphysics of Isolation in Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’
Gravity is not just a visual feast in the CGI age; it also interrogates humankind’s desire to step foot on the final frontier by confronting it with its metaphysical implications.