Apple TV+ has unveiled the full trailer for Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón’s seven-part psychological thriller Disclaimer*, which stars Cate Blanchett as a writer caught up in a story stranger-than-fiction. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name written by Renée Knight, Disclaimer* also stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Kodi Smit-McPhee Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville, […]
Cate Blanchett stars in trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ series Disclaimer
Apple TV+ has released a trailer for Disclaimer, the psychological thriller series from writer-director Alfonso Cuarón. Based on Renée Knight’s best-selling novel of the same name, the series stars Cate Blanchett as an acclaimed journalist who has built her career revealing the misgivings of others, but finds herself in a race to save her own […]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at 20: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Chris Connor revisits Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as it turns 20… The Harry Potter film series proved one of the most successful literary adaptations beginning with The Philosopher’s Stone in 2001. While Chris Columbus proved a strong pair of hands for the first two instalments, the third entry The Prisoner of Azkaban […]
Perfect Non-Horror Movies for Halloween Viewing
We take a look at some non-horror films that will still creep you out, disturb you or deliver a nightmarish scenario… It’s almost Halloween and so the perfect time to dive into some horror. The genre sees a perfect boost during Halloween season but a film doesn’t need to belong to the horror genre to […]
Sacha Baron Cohen joins Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ series Disclaimer
Deadline is reporting that Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen is in talks to join Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón’s (Gravity, Roma) Apple TV+ series Disclaimer, where he’ll join the previously announced Cate Blanchett (Nightmare Alley) and Kevin Kline (Beauty and the Beast). Based on Renee Knight’s novel, the series will see Blanchett portraying “Catherine Ravenscroft, a […]
Second Generation Directors: The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at directors following in their parents’ footsteps… Undoubtedly the influence of your parents plays a big part in shaping you as a person. In the almost surreal world of cinema and movie-making, there will be a kind of magical allure at the power a film director can wield. Offspring of […]
Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can Roma win Best Picture?
In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Next, it’s the arguable frontrunner as Alfonso Cuaron delves into his own past with Roma… Films like Roma don’t win Oscars. No movie filmed in a language other […]
BAFTAs 2019: Roma won the top prize, but Olivia Colman won our hearts
Tom Beasley was at the glamorous BAFTAs ceremony last night on behalf of Flickering Myth. Here, he shares his take on the evening, the awards and that excruciating opening monologue… There were a lot of winners at the BAFTAs last night. Rami Malek cemented himself as the Best Actor frontrunner for the Oscars, The Favourite […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Alfonso Cuaron
In our latest director beginner’s guide, Tom Jolliffe looks at Alfonso Cuaron… Alfonso Cuaron may be a director you’re familiar with. He’s on something of a high right now having attained at hat-full of Oscar nominations for his latest film Roma. One of the Mexican masters (alongside Guillermo del Toro who took the Oscars by storm […]
Movie Review – Roma (2018)
Roma, 2018. Written and Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Starring Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa, Nancy García García, Verónica García, Andy Cortés, Fernando Grediaga, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, José Manuel Guerrero Mendoza, and Latin Lover SYNOPSIS: A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family […]
