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'Amores Perros' at 20: Iñárritu's 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 most acclaimed directors, explains in part his storytelling sensibilities and his exhaustive attent...

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 auteur says by phone from a ranch near Mexico City. “Unfortunately I have a great ear but very clumsy ...

1.3k Views Giona A. Nazzaro is an accomplished film critic and author who has been involved in some of the world’s most esteemed film festivals in past years, including the Venice Film Festival as the head of the festival’s Critic’s Week. Following the sudden departure of the Locarno Film Festival’s former Artistic Director, Lili Hinstin, Nazzaro has stepped up to the role. It’s not entirely new ground; he’s been working with Locarno Film Festival in various capacities for over a decade now. But this is a bold new responsibility for a lover of cinema, and it will be interesting t...

Adjust font size: CAIRO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- British comedy-drama film "Limbo," directed by Ben Sharrock and starring Egyptian-British actor Amir el-Masry, won the top Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film in the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), concluded on Thursday evening with a festive ceremony at Egypt's Cairo Opera House. The film tells the story of Omar, a promising young musician who has been forced to leave his family in Syria, and a number of refugees from other countries, isolated in a remote Scottish island awaiting a decision on their political asylum applications and...