Those concerned that a 2 1/2 hour movie titled “Biutiful” might bear some of the attributes typically characterized as “pretentious” will not be reassured by the opening, whispered dialogue, with the ...

Two weeks after winning Mexico’s foreign-language Oscar nomination, Alejandro Inarritu’s “Biutiful” opened the Morelia Film Festival on Saturday with helmer and Palm d’Or-winning topper Javier Bardem ...

I ran into another New York film critic last night. I said that this doesn’t seem to be a very good Cannes. Her answer was, “No masterpieces so far.” The closest is, according to many journalists here ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It’s not a lot of fun. On that, the critics agree. As for the overall ...

ASPEN – In “The Sea Inside,” Javier Bardem took a good, thorough, honest look at death. Spanish director Alejandro Amenbar’s 2004 movie, which earned the Academy Award for best foreign language film, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. We’ll have more on the Cannes drama “Biutiful” and its director, ...

A behindthescenes documentary that combines recorded rehearsals and intimate moments with audio and video diary notes from director Alejandro González Iñárritu ...

When Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu followed Babel (2006) with Biutiful (2010), his first Spanish-language film since the acclaimed Amores Perros (2000), he knew exactly what he was ...