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Two individuals, a woman with blonde hair and a man with glasses, seated at a dinner table.
Festivals

Disclaimer – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Alfon­so Cuarón’s lim­it­ed series star­ring Cate Blanchett as a famous doc­u­men­tar­i­an with a dark secret is a sur­pris­ing show­case for Kevin Kline.
Three young people in a car, smiling and interacting.
Oral History

An oral history of Y tu mamá también

by Jason Wood

Read an exclu­sive extract from ​‘The Faber Book of Mex­i­can Cin­e­ma’, fea­tur­ing inter­views with Alfon­so Cuarón, Emmanuel Lubez­ki and more.
Men in a confrontation on a street, one man in a plaid shirt speaking to a man in a dark uniform.
Incoming

BAFTA and the Academy are wrong to relegate technical awards

by Beth Webb

By deny­ing the win­ners air­time, these major events are dis­cred­it­ing those at the very heart of the craft.
Three adults looking at a camera together.
In Praise Of

The fractured masculinities of Alfonso Cuarón

by Megan Wallace

The Mex­i­can director’s ear­ly Span­ish-lan­guage films offer vital dis­sec­tions of the male ego.
Three young people embracing in a close group, one wearing a floral dress, the others in casual clothing. The image has a darkened, moody tone.
Video

Watch: Alfonso Cuarón In Colour

by Luís Azevedo

In a new video essay, Luís Azeve­do takes us on a jour­ney through the Mex­i­can filmmaker’s colour­ful worlds.
Cubist portrait of a man with a beard, featuring geometric shapes and patterns in black, white, and grey.
Interviews

Alfonso Cuarón: Observe the Moments

by Adam Woodward

The Mex­i­can writer/​director describes com­ing home to make Roma, his most pro­found­ly per­son­al film to date.
A group of people, likely a family, sitting together on a beach in black and white.
Review

Roma

by David Jenkins

Alfon­so Cuaròn’s mon­u­men­tal love poem to Mex­i­co and the woman who made him a man.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two women's faces with the word "ROMA" between them, in black and white.
LWLies Magazine

LWLies 77: The Roma issue – On sale now!

by Little White Lies

Our lat­est print edi­tion pays trib­ute to Alfon­so Cuaròn’s per­son­al ode to movies, Mex­i­co and the woman who made him a man.
A woman with long, dark hair looking thoughtfully out of a car window.
Festivals

Roma – first look review

by David Jenkins

Alfon­so Cuarón deliv­ers his mas­ter­piece with this stun­ning social fres­co cen­tred on a house maid in 1970s Mex­i­co City.
Rolling hills covered in golden grass, with a person and dog standing in the foreground overlooking a herd of animals in the distance.
Festivals

The Coen brothers are heading to the 2018 Venice Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

Their fea­ture-length west­ern will screen in com­pe­ti­tion along­side new works from Luca Guadagni­no, Jen­nifer Kent and Alfon­so Cuarón.