Netflix vs. the World (2019)
Documentary
The story of how a tiny, broke Silicon Valley startup slew giants of the movie rental world, warded off Amazon and forced movie making and distribution into the digital age.
Starring: Derek Cecil, Kevin Costner, Alfonso Cuarón, Antoine Fuqua, Woody Harrelson
Director: Shawn Cauthen
Roma (2018)
Drama
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Starring: Marina de Tavira, Yalitza Aparicio, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
And Your Mother Too! / And Your Mama Too / Y tu mamá también (2001)
Drama
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Starring: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
The 86th Annual Academy Awards 2014 (TV 2014)
Awards
The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the actors, technical achievements, and films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The ceremony was scheduled one week later than usual to avoid conflict with the broadcast of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented awards in 24 categories. Televised in the United States by ABC, the ceremony was produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres hosted the show for the second time, after hosting the 79th ceremony in 2007. Gravity won seven awards, the most for the ceremony, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. 12 Years a Slave won three awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o. Dallas Buyers Club also won three awards, including Best Actor for Matthew McConaughey and Best Supporting Actor for Jared Leto, respectively. Other winners included Frozen and The Great Gatsby, with two awards each. Cate Blanchett won the Best Actress award for Blue Jasmine, the only award for the film. Other films to win a single award were The Great Beauty, Helium, Her, The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Mr Hublot, and 20 Feet from Stardom.
Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, Lupita Nyong'o, Alfonso Cuaron, John Ridley, Spike Jonze, Steven Price
The British Academy Film Awards (TV 2014)
Awards
The 67th British Academy Film Awards more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 16 February 2014 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2013. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), accolades are handed out for the best in feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality, that were screened at British cinemas during 2013. The British-American film Gravity won six of its eleven nominations, including Outstanding British Film, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music, Best Sound, Best Special Visual Effects and Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. 12 Years a Slave won Best Film. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Cate Blanchett won the Best Actor and Best Actress in a Leading Role awards, respectively while Barkhad Abdi and Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actor and Best Actress in a Supporting Role awards, respectively.
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Poulter, Peter Greenaway, Jennifer Lawrence, Barkhad Abdi, Kieran Evans, Helen Mirren
Gravity (2013)
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Seasoned astronaut Matt Kowalsky is on his final mission in space, while medical engineer Dr. Ryan Stone is making her first outing on the Space Shuttle. While they are engaged in extra-vehicular activity, debris collides into the shuttle, damaging it irreparably. Kowalsky and Stone now find themselves drifting in space with low oxygen supplies, and cut off from all communication on Earth. They work together in their attempt to survive, but will they make it back to solid ground?
Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
The 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV 2014)
Awards
The 19th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements in 2013 filmmaking. Broadcast on The CW, it was hosted by American actress Aisha Tyler.
Starring: Aisha Tyler, Marlon Wayans, Isaiah Washington, Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, Lupita Nyong'o, Adele Exarchopoulos, Alfonso Cuaron, Spike Jonze, John Ridley, Emmanuel Lubezki, Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn, Mark Sanger, Mark Wahlberg, Sandra Bullock, Leonardo DiCaprio, Amy Adams, Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Steven Price, Forest Whitaker, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Benedict Cumberbatch
The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV 2014)
Awards
The 71st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2013, was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 12, 2014, by NBC. The ceremony was produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Woody Allen was announced as the Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree for his the lifetime achievements on September 13, 2013. On October 15, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were announced as the co-hosts for the third time in a row and as the co-hosts for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. The nominations were announced on December 12, 2013, by Aziz Ansari, Zoe Saldana and Olivia Wilde. American Hustle, Behind the Candelabra, Breaking Bad, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Dallas Buyers Club were among the films and television shows that received multiple awards.
Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Amy Adams, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Jared Leto, Alfonso Cuarón, Bryan Cranston, Robin Wright, Andy Samberg, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Douglas, Jacqueline Bisset, Jon Voight, Woody Allen
Great Expectations (1998)
Drama | Romance
Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Raquel Beaudene
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Mystery
Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione return for their third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the teenagers are forced to face their darkest fears as they confront a dangerous escaped prisoner and the equally foreboding Dementors, who are sent there to protect them.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
A Little Princess (1995)
Drama | Family | Fantasy
A young girl is relegated to servitude at a boarding school when her father goes missing and is presumed dead.
Starring: Liam Cunningham, Arthur Malet, Vincent Schiavelli, Liesel Matthews
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
