Harry Potter gets Edge makeover

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has received reviews far outstripping the first two films in the franchise, thanks largely to its radical new director cinematographer team of Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien) and NZ’s Michael Seresin (Bugsy Malone, Angela’s Ashes, Midnight Express). Cuaron explained his “unexpected but inspired” choice of partner in an American Cinematographer profile on Seresin: “I’ve been a fan of Michael’s work for a long time. I always like his reliance on a single light source, and the fact that he’s pretty uncompromising […] He grounded the whole film in reality. It doesn’t have a storybook kind of look; it’s something grittier.”