Biutiful

Mexican maestro Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has proved just how apt he his at capturing the vast scope of a story, whether in the sensational and emotionally hardboiled (Amores Perros) or the ambitious but ultimately underwhelming (Babel), but with his Catalan set epic Biutiful he takes a boat across the Atlantic to delve into a novel-like character study stuffed with an infusion of European sensibility and uniquely personal vision that tops the lot.

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Front Row Center, the new videocast from Sound on Sight. That’s right, for the first time ever, we’ve put our faces where our mouths are. Wait, that can’t be right. Anyway, in our first installment, we take on an appropriately patriotic subject: Justine and Simon discuss Canada’s (Quebec’s, really) entry …

“For enduring Iñárritu’s ceaseless, pointless torments, Prieto, Bardem and Álvarez don’t just deserve praise, they deserve reparations.” Biutiful Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Written by Alejandro González Iñárritu and Armando Bo 2010, Spain / Mexico Ornately, elaborately disastrous, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s first venture following the schism that separated him from longtime screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, Biutiful, …

It looks like Biutiful, the latest film from one of my favorite auteur’s Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel), might get stateside distribution from Roadside Attractions, the specialty division of Lionsgate.  According to Deadline, the deal could be completed as soon as the end of the week and they plan on getting it out before the end …