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. Two Steves try to find it in a single Double Take.
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 plant feet on the final frontier by confronting it with its metaphysical implications.
