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Alejandro González Iñárritu

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The day I met Alejandro González Iñárritu

It was almost ten years ago now that I sat down to talk with Alejandro González Iñárritu about his first Best Picture nomination: a film called Babel, which I found challenging, ambitious, and complex. To date, it's the only one of his films I enjoy. Last night, when

The Revenant (2015)

The time has come in my survey of this year's lineup for Best Picture at the Oscars for me to turn my attention to the movie that has been judged the front-runner. I'm tempted to pass over it, because its favored status has had the effect

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

I've read that Birdman is a movie that pulls back the curtain to reveal (surprise!) that show-biz is really just a hell of egomaniacs on adrenalin highs. Rumors are true. It does.

21 Grams (2003)

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21 Grams (2003)

Update 2007: Now that I've met Alejandro González Iñárritu, I'm a bigger fan of the man. He's thoughtful, devoted to his family, eloquent, approachable, and passionate about excellence. But that doesn't make me like 21 Grams any more than I did before.

Family Stories: My Conversation with Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Family Stories: My Conversation with Alejandro González Iñárritu

This interview was originally published at Christianity Today on November 8, 2006. • Alejandro González Iñárritu has a lot of stories to tell. He packs several of them into each film that he makes. In three critically acclaimed features — Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and the latest, Babel — he and screenwriter Guillermo

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Alejandro González Iñárritu on the Value of Families

Today at Christianity Today Movies... my conversation with Babel director Alejandro González Iñárritu. Iñárritu says: I think that my films are basically family stories, beyond the fact that they are global and have political and social commentary. At the core of it, Babel is basically four stories of parents and

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Babel (2006)

Babel shows us that history has not taught us how to overcome the separation so eloquently represented in that Old Testament story of an egomaniacal tower.

Amores Perros (2001)

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Amores Perros (2001)

Amores Perros deserves high praise for its thoughtful, meaningful storytelling. But it should also be introduced with a caution.