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Alejandro González Iñárritu

Pretension rules ‘360’

360
The movie “360” is presented as something brimming with profound observations about alienation and interconnectedness, but it really is a hollow collection of coincidences interspersed with platitudes about This Modern Life. It starts with a prostitute, Mirka (Lucia Siposová), whom we meet as she is posing for pictures on an escorting website. Read More

Inarritu travels where people fear in ‘Biutiful’

"Biutiful" director González Iñárritu
As much as death looms as the inescapable reality in all our lives, few would care to learn of their imminent passing, much less confront its approach at the movies. Yet for Mexico’s Alejandro González Iñárritu, best known for the Oscar-nominated dramas “Amores Perros” (2001) and “Babel” (2007), it was that commonly evaded consciousness of mortality that inspired his latest offering, “Biutiful.” Read More
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