Remezcla

Alejandro G. Iñarritu Reflects on Robert Downey Jr.’s Controversial 2015 Comments

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 19:26:12 +0000

During his 2014 press tour to promote his critically acclaimed film Birdman, Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro González Iñarritu referred to superhero movies as a form of “cultural genocide.” “I don’t respond to those characters,” Iñarritu said at the time. “They have been poison because the audience is so overexposed to plot and explosions and shit that doesn’t mean

The post Alejandro G. Iñarritu Reflects on Robert Downey Jr.’s Controversial 2015 Comments appeared first on Remezcla.

Latino Filmmakers Add Their Names To Letter Urging Congress To Provide Relief To Movie Theater Owners During Pandemic

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:16:09 +0000

More than 80 of Hollywood’s top directors, screenwriters, and producers signed a letter this week asking Congress to help struggling movie theater owners during the COVID-19 health crisis. They warn that without monetary government assistance, theaters across the country are in danger of shutting down permanently. Latino directors including Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu

The post Latino Filmmakers Add Their Names To Letter Urging Congress To Provide Relief To Movie Theater Owners During Pandemic appeared first on Remezcla.

‘Amores Perros’ Turns 20, but Alejandro González Iñárritu Doesn’t Want You to Rewatch it Just Yet

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 14 May 2020 16:24:33 +0000

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores perros premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival — that’s now twenty years ago. The kinetic, pulse-pounding drama about dog fights, car chases and broken hearts announced the arrival of a new voice in Mexican cinema. The film further established Gael García Bernal as an actor to watch and made the

The post ‘Amores Perros’ Turns 20, but Alejandro González Iñárritu Doesn’t Want You to Rewatch it Just Yet appeared first on Remezcla.

Here’s Why We Think Alejandro González Iñarritú’s Next Film Will Feature El Chavo & Pájara Peggy

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 15:09:22 +0000

Alejandro González Iñarritú is known for being able to handily switch genres. The Mexican director, after all, won his first Oscar for the dark, backstage comedy Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and his second for the grueling revenge drama The Revenant. That said, if you’d told us we’d be hearing rumors that classic

The post Here’s Why We Think Alejandro González Iñarritú’s Next Film Will Feature El Chavo & Pájara Peggy appeared first on Remezcla.

WATCH: In This Master Class, Alejandro G. Iñárritu Recounts the Trajectory of His Career From Radio to Film

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:45:50 +0000

Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu can now add doctorate to his many achievements. Just this week, he received an Honoris Causa doctoral degree from National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Bestowed upon him by the school’s president, the honorary degree marked yet another accomplishment for the Birdman and Amores perros director. To celebrate this acknowledgment, González Iñárritu gave a master

The post WATCH: In This Master Class, Alejandro G. Iñárritu Recounts the Trajectory of His Career From Radio to Film appeared first on Remezcla.

Diego Luna’s ‘El Día Después’ Encourages Mexicans to Fight Racism, Classism and Corruption Post-Election

Carlos Aguilar — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 17:07:25 +0000

Launched by Diego Luna and supported by other noteworthy Mexican citizens worried about their country’s future, El Día Después (The Day After) is a nonpartisan initiative that encourages the population to act peacefully regardless of the presidential election results and lays out a plan of action to be an engaged citizen long after voting. Alejandro

The post Diego Luna’s ‘El Día Después’ Encourages Mexicans to Fight Racism, Classism and Corruption Post-Election appeared first on Remezcla.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu On Mexicans’ Oscar Wins: “We’ll Build a Wall Made Entirely Out of Oscars”

Carlos Aguilar — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:41:11 +0000

No one had a better time at the 90th Academy Awards than Guillermo del Toro, who finally took home the gold for Best Director and Best Picture. His close friend and fellow Oscar winner, Alejandro González Iñárritu, was in attendance to congratulate him, while Alfonso Cuarón, the other musketeer, took to Twitter to express his

The post Alejandro G. Iñárritu On Mexicans’ Oscar Wins: “We’ll Build a Wall Made Entirely Out of Oscars” appeared first on Remezcla.

What It’s Like to Cross the Sonoran Desert in Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu’s Virtual Reality Film ‘Carne y Arena’

Carlos Aguilar — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:16:54 +0000

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s virtual reality installation, Carne y Arena (Virtually present, Physically invisible), had its inception over a decade ago in 2005 when the director was doing research for his Academy Award-nominated film Babel, specifically the sequence where Adriana Barraza’s character is lost in the middle of the desert with her bosses’ white children after

The post What It’s Like to Cross the Sonoran Desert in Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu’s Virtual Reality Film ‘Carne y Arena’ appeared first on Remezcla.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Virtual Reality Installation on Undocumented Immigrants Is Opening in LA

Yara Simón — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:54:30 +0000

After conquering Hollywood, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu is delving into the world of virtual reality with a project that’s shedding light on the immigrant experience. Alongside his cinematic life partner, Emmanuel Lubezki, the Mexican director is using the medium to tell the stories of Mexican and Central American immigrants and refugees in a new installation. The

The post Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Virtual Reality Installation on Undocumented Immigrants Is Opening in LA appeared first on Remezcla.

These Are the Latin American Movies Playing This Year’s Cannes Film Festival

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 17 May 2017 15:10:32 +0000

If you looked at the official competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Latin American cinema had been shut out of what’s arguably the most prestigious festival in the world. But the fact that no titles from Latin American auteurs made this year’s cut for the fest’s official selection is actually

The post These Are the Latin American Movies Playing This Year’s Cannes Film Festival appeared first on Remezcla.