Interview: Kleber Mendonça Filho talks Bacurau, genre cinema and streaming

March 14, 2020 | Matthew Turner

This weekend sees Bacurau released in UK cinemas and online by MUBI. The neo-Western thriller takes us to the titular settlement in Brazil’s remote backcountry, which is shaken by the death of its elderly matriarch. But something strange is happening … Read More

VOD film review: Bacurau

March 13, 2020 | Anton Bitel

An engrossing action film and a political allegory, this distinctive Brazilian Western is a big, brassy genre showdown.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Aquarius

June 23, 2017 | Simon Kinnear

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho Cast: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos Certificate: 18 Watch Aquarius online in the UK: Netflix UK

This mini-review was first published at Cannes 2016.

Neighbouring Sounds marked Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho as a major … Read More