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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Áine O’Connor, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.

This week, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores Perros.

Three sets of lives become intertwined following a car crash in Mexico City, across the various strata of the city: young men trying to survive, middle and upper class strivers trying to start a new life, and drifter with a mysterious past. Characters are forced to make tough decisions in the heat of the moment, confronting their own worst impulses and struggling to find their way out of the wreckage.

At time of recording, it was ranked 241st on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Notes:

• Recorded 1st July 2024.
• Amores Perros at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
• Elvis Mitchell interviews Alejandro González Iñárritu for Interview, October 2014.
• Seth Stevenson at Slate looks back on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s World Cup commercial, Juen 2010.
• James Swift at Campaign Live looks back on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s commercial work, February 2016.
• Alejandro González Iñárritu talks to El País about his life and history, December 2022.
• Jan Martínez Ahrens profiles Alejandro González Iñárritu for El País, February 2015.
• Alejandro González Iñárritu talks to The New York Times about his life and career, November 2003.
• Alejandro González Iñárritu talks to The A.V. Club about his life and career, December 2003.
• Carlos Aguilar at The Los Angeles Time puts together an oral history of the production of Amores Perros, December 2020.
• Guillermo Arriaga talks to The Guardian about his life and career, February 2009.
• Terrence Rafferty at The New York Times covers the feud between Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo Arriaga, October 2006.
• Lynn Hirschberg at The New York Times considers the “three amigos”, March 2007.
• Michaela Zee at Variety reports on the “three amigos”, January 2023.
• Jonathan Romney reports on the premiere of Amores Perros at Cannes for The Guardian, May 2000.
• Elvis Mitchell reviews Amores Perros for The New York Times, March 2001.
• Lynn Hershberg profiles Alejandro González Iñárritu for The New York Times, March 2001.
• Joe Morgenstern reviews Amores Perros for The Wall Street Journal, March 2001.
• Kenneth Turan considers the success and popularity of Amores Perros for The Los Angeles Times, April 2001.
• Fernanda Solórzano at Criterion considers the impact of Amores Perros on Mexican cinema, December 2020.
• Julia Preston at The New York Times considers the Mexican presidential election, May 2000.
• Sam Dillon at The New York Times considers the presidential campaign of Vincente Fox, June 2000.
• Mary Beth Sheridan at The Los Angeles Times reflects on the historic Mexican elections, July 2000.
• Tim Golden at The New York Times reflects on the impact of NAFTA on Mexican politics, August 1993.
• Aileen S. Yoo at The Washington Post covers the Zapatista uprising against NAFTA, August 1998.
• Desson Howe compares Amores Perros to Pulp Fiction in his review for The Washington Post, April 2001.
• Alejandro González Iñárritu talks to Filmmaker Magazine about the universal and local appeal of Amores Perros, Winter 2001.
• Powder Keg, 2001.
• Alejandro González Iñárritu talks to The New York Times about his life and career, March 2001. 
• Yngrid Fuentes at NBC News considers the importance of the Day of the Dead, November 2023.
• Mandalit at NPR considers Book of Life as a movie about the Day of the Dead, October 2014.
• Marisa Meltzer and Whitten Sabbatini profile Gael García Bernal for GQ, September 2023.
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