By Emmanuel Gutierrez |Features Editor| "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" is a viciously cynical, beauteously shot film, teaming with colorful and arresting characters—masterfully directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu. "How did we end up here? This place is horrible," said Birdman. "Smells like balls," begins the film, in all its existential insight and blunt, snarky satire. Riggins, played by Michael Keaton, pursues his ambition to write, direct, and star in his initial foray in Broadway, seeking respect and validation from the artistic community, making him a modern day Icarus, whom everyone wishes to crash in a blaze of burning, black feathers—for simply … [Read more...] about Birdman – Film Review