A 30-minute filmed conversation between Mexican auteur Alfonso Cuarón and Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent will follow each screening of the 10th anniversary re-release of the latter’s cult, modern horror classic “The Babadook.” In a recent masterclass at the Locarno Film Festival Cuarón had expressed his interest in exploring the horror genre and name-checked “The Babadook,” […]

When Alfonso Cuarón approached Apple with his idea of turning Renée Knight’s 2015 novel “Disclaimer” into a five-and-a-half-hour psychological thriller, he was very clear about one thing. “I don’t know [how] to do television.” “For me, it’s a bit too late in the game to start learning,” he says, thinking back to that initial pitch […]

Angelina Jolie got her flowers. Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson got it on. And studios and streamers got busy playing “let’s make a deal.” The Venice Film Festival, which kicked off on Aug. 28, hasn’t been short on drama, even as it’s been unexpectedly heavy on TV. As befits a glamorous celebration of movies that’s […]