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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...

Next Step enters its 7th year courtesy of Cannes’ Critics’ Week The ten participants in the seventh session of Next Step For the seventh consecutive year, and despite the cancellation of Cannes’ 2020 edition, the Critics’ Week team overseen by Charles Tesson has once again rolled out its Next Step initiative, aimed at helping young filmmakers (who have previously been selected to compete in Cannes’ parallel section) make the leap from short to full-length films. The pr...