Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Vidiots, Los Angeles
**Screenwriter:** Guillermo Arriaga **Producer:** Alejandro González Iñárritu Co-Presented by the **MUBI Podcast **featuring an in-person introduction from MUBI Podcast host**** Rico Gagliano!**** Considered by many as one of the best Mexican films of all time, *Amores Perros* is a visceral, emotional look at the intertwined lives of three perfect strangers in Mexico City — a supermodel, a rebellious adolescent, and an ex-guerrilla now living on the streets — all brought together by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog. The directorial debut of Alejandro G. Iñárritu, this award-winning film is bold, ambitious, and, once seen, never forgotten. The **MUBI Podcast** is an audio documentary series about great cinema—how it happens and why it matters. Each season, host Rico Gagliano dives deep into a different corner of movie culture. Listen where you get your podcasts: [mubi.io/podcast](http://mubi.io/podcast) The latest season dives into cinematic “needle drops” – moments where filmmakers deployed pre-existing music instead of an original score. Across the season, host Rico Gagliano explores iconic musical moments that have shaped pop culture. Guests include **Alejandro González Iñárritu **(*Amores Perros*), Jack O’Connell (*This is England, Sinners*), Akinola Davies Jr. (*My Father’s Shadow*), Andrew Haigh (*All of Us Strangers*) and Gurinder Chadha (*Bend it like Beckham*) – alongside hit-making musicians and some of cinema’s greatest music supervisors. In the episode dropping July 16, host Rico Gagliano gets the origin story of *Amores Perros*, straight from the legends who made it: director Alejandro Iñárritu and his cinematographer, Rodrigo Prieto. From Iñárritu’s early days as Mexico City’s most notorious radio DJ, to Prieto’s f%^k-it experiments with the movie’s actual negative, it’s a tale of two iconoclasts who figured they had one shot at revolutionizing Mexican cinema…and did.