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The Stake Podcast - The Films of Alfonso Cuarón: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

February 9, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Unpacking the magic of combining Rowling’s wizarding world with an artist like Alfonso Cuaron

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Stake Podcast Tagged With: Alan Rickman, Alfonso Cuaron, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling

The Stake Podcast - Films of Alfonso Cuaron: Y Tu Mamá También

February 2, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

A classic road trip sex comedy about death and politics in Mexico

Filed Under: Featured, Stake Podcast Tagged With: Alfonso Cuaron, class, Diego Luna. Mexico, Gael García Bernal, Maribel Verdú, movies, politics, sex comedy, Y Tu Mama Tambien

The Stake Podcast Episode 12: Christopher Nolan, Interstellar and the Case for Scientific Cinema

November 14, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

You probably don’t know the physics of Interstellar. Does it matter if its scientifically accurate?

Filed Under: Stake Podcast Tagged With: Alfonso Cuaron, Christopher Nolan, Dark Knight, Gravity, Heath Ledger, Inception, Interstellar, James Cameron, Kip Thorne, movies, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Phil Plait, Physics, Sci-Fi, Science-Fiction, The Prestige, Titanic

The Harry Potter Films: Worst to Best, Directorially

August 22, 2025 by Christopher ZF 25 Comments

What is the best achievement in Harry Potter Directing?

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Alfonso Cuaron, Chris Columbus, David Yates, Harry Potter, Mike Newell

Recapping the Oscars: What I liked and Didn’t Like

March 3, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

5 things I really liked, and 5 things I decidedly disliked.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: 12 Years a Slave, Academy Awards, Alfonso Cuaron, Cate Blanchett, Ellen DeGeneres, Gravity, Matthew McConaughey, movies, Oscars

Further Breaking Down the Academy Award Nominations

January 16, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Looking at the Oscar nominations with a few of our favorite lenses.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: 12 Years a Slave, Academy Awards, Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity, Megan Ellison, Oscars

Jose Cuaron’s Gravity Short Film Companion

November 20, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

A short provides the other half of a very long-distance call.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity, Jose Cuaron, Sandra Bullock

5 things Hollywood needs to learn from Gravity’s success

October 10, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung 2 Comments

The film’s critical and commercial success could provide the model for a new kind of blockbuster. But is Hollywood listening?

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Alfonso Cuaron, George Clooney, Gravity, Hollywood, Sandra Bullock

Review: Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and the simple stories of complex cinema

October 8, 2025 by Christopher ZF 8 Comments

Some complained about Gravity’s thematic simplicity. Here’s why that’s wrong.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity, Sandra Bullock, Sci-Fi, Science-Fiction, Terrence Malick, Tree of Life

Gravity, Sandra Bullock, and women in genre film

September 9, 2025 by Christopher ZF 2 Comments

Sandra Bullock is among the highest paid actresses working in Hollywood, which makes her experiences in the industry insightful and worthy of consideration.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity, Guillermo Del Toro, Joss Whedon, Sandra Bullock

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