Alejandro González Iñárritu Articles

Javier Bardem in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful Best Foreign Language Film: Biutiful A tough category, as only a relatively small group of Academy voters — usually older ones, with lots of free time — picks the winner. Those tend to be sentimental dramas. Biutiful (Mexico; though it's actually a Mexican-Spanish co-production) is about an ex-con who doesn't have long to live, but who finds redemption [...]

21 GRAMS (2003) Direction: Alejandro González Iñárritu Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo, Danny Huston, Eddie Marsan, John Rubinstein Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, 21 Grams Shot in documentary-style, 21 Grams is a bleak, unnecessarily convoluted, and surprisingly powerful drama about three individuals linked to both one another and the immediacy of [...]

Javier Bardem, Alejandro González Iñárritu pose for the camera at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Luncheon in Beverly Hills, on Monday, February 7. Javier Bardem is a Best Actor nominee for his performance in Biutiful, which is also in the running in the Best Foreign Language Film category. González Iñárritu directed the socially conscious drama that has been doing quite well [...]

Bryce Dallas Howard, Matt Damon, Hereafter The Clint Eastwood-Peter Morgan collaboration Hereafter, which involves metaphysical questions and narrative coincidences and convergences, sounds like something Alejandro González Iñárritu would direct from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga. Or perhaps something that Fatih Akin would write and direct inspired by González Iñárritu and Arriaga's oeuvre. Starring Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard, George McLaren, Lyndsey Marshal, [...]