When Sandra Bullock needed a little extra insight to help prepare for her role as an astronaut trapped in orbit for her new film “Gravity,” she got some answers in a phone call – from outer space.

Jonás Cuarón, who co-wrote Gravity with his father Alfonso, made a companion short film that decodes one of the mysteries of the feature film while also building on that work. Now, thanks to The ...

VENICE, Italy — Sandra Bullock is trapped in a bulky space suit for most of Alfonso Cuaron’s space odyssey “Gravity,” which has her adrift in space tethered to a wise-cracking George Clooney. But the ...