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The film hits the ground running, but then takes too much time to introduce the back stories of each of its characters

Amores Perros at 20: Iñárritus symphony of desire still jolts Carlos Aguilar © (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Director Alejandro González Iñárritu films actors Vanessa Bauche and Gael García Bernal on the set of his 2000 film "Amores Perros." (Alejandro González Iñárritu) Given the choice, Alejandro González Iñárritu would have picked music over film as his preferred outlet of artistic expression. This truth, though surprising coming from one of the world’s mo...

Given the choice, Alejandro González Iñárritu would have picked music over film as his preferred outlet of artistic expression. This truth, though surprising coming from one of the world’s most acclaimed directors, explains in part his storytelling sensibilities and his exhaustive attentiveness to technical and narrative minutiae — a trait many of his longtime colleagues praise for the results it yields on screen. “I like music more than I like cinema, I must admit,” the Mexican aute...

Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Cypress Hill had nothing to lose. By the year 1999, the Los Angeles-based hip-hop group had become one of the biggest acts of the genre thanks to their unique style—claustrophobic beats that soundtracked tales of street violence and stoner anthems that were equal parts comedy and gritty storytelling. Yet they made perhaps their biggest contribution to the music when they decided to make a whole album of their greatest hits in Spanish, Los Grandes Éxitos ...