We all need cinematic heroes, and Birdman, both character and film, fits the role with aplomb. Designed to aesthetically challenge, frustrate, inspire, amuse and amaze, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new movie—and I do mean new—is the best I’ve seen so far this year. Michael Keaton, as Riggan, is an aging has-been of an actor, clinging to […]
