Kleber Mendonça Filho
Andrew Young spoke with BACURAU directors Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles, its brutality matched by its politicised satire and a dark and playful humour.
Like last year’s Academy Award-winning Parasite, Bacurau manages to turn the class struggle into inventive entertainment without its overall message losing any of its potency.
Our first dispatch from Film Fest 919 includes reviews of Brazil’s genre-bending Oscar entry, Trey Edward Shults’ emotional epic, and Ken Loach’s latest social drama.
In this report from New York Film Festival, Brent Goldman sheds a light on some international offerings: Atlantics, Bacurau and Martin Eden.
Gus Edgar, Maria Lattila and Alistair Ryder report from Cannes Film Festival 2019 with reviews of Little Joe, First Love, Rocketman, Atlantics and more.
Aquarius is a powerful character study about a woman fighting back against vulnerabilities, anchored by a fine performance from Sônia Braga.