Gravity Turns 10: Alfonso Cuarón’s Obsession with Loss | Features

Many of Cuarón’s films deal with loss, grief, and loneliness. But “Gravity” is the most deliberate in underscoring how grief eats away at a person, pushing them to chase silence until they’re forced to reckon with what they lost. Released ten years ago this month, the film handles such a personal and intimate story with striking … Read more

Alfonso Cuaròn wanted to shoot Gravity in space

Alfonso Cuaròn originally wanted to shoot Gravity in space, but several factors kept that from becoming a reality. Even ten years after its release, Alfonso Cuaròn’s Gravity remains a visual-effects marvel which perfectly captures the terror and isolation of an astronaut stranded in outer space. However, the film could have been even more realistic as … Read more

Scarlett Johansson recalls her disastrous audition for Gravity

The Alfonso Cuarón film starring Sandra Bullock took a lot of imagination to act in, but Johansson remembers how she tried too hard for it. Scarlett Johansson can be seen in the recent Wes Anderson comedy Asteroid City, which deals with aliens from outer space. Johansson once played an alien herself in the sci-fi drama … Read more