Tag: Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Revenant: You Can’t Say You Deserve an Oscar Until You’ve Crawled Inside a Dead Horse
As the history of great storytelling has reiterated time and time again, most lauded narratives tend to be fueled by revenge. Alejandro G. Iñárritu, once called Alejandro [Read More…]
Golden Globes 2016: More Interesting Than Last Year
Award shows can always go one of two ways: utterly drab or a complete shit show. In the case of this year’s Golden Globe Awards, [Read More…]
Birdman is Black Swan With a Male Protagonist
For those who have lauded Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as a true original of a film, they’re clearly failing to overlook the [Read More…]
The Blue-Eyed, Bored Spectacle That Was the 2015 Oscars
If one could sum up the 2015 Oscars in a single phrase, it would have to be: blue-eyed bores. The eerie fact that about 90% [Read More…]
Amores Perros & 2666: Showcasing Mexico At Its Modern Worst
Although Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2000 film Amores Perros is not an epic piece of literature in the same impressively expansive vein as Roberto Bolaño’s 2004 [Read More…]