In some respects, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “Bacurau” can be seen as a logical continuation of the Brazilian critic-turned-auteur’s two previous features. Much like 2012’s revelatory “Neighboring Sounds ...

Last year’s Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize winner, “Bacurau,” is a provocative, bloody Brazilian genre mashup. It’s set in Western Pernambuco, “a few years from now,” in a realm of pulp fiction ...

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, John Carpenter’s cheeks should be flushing a shade of “aw shucks” red right around now. Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ new movie Bacurau ...

The latest Cannes competition contender from 'Aquarius' director Kleber Mendonca Filho, 'Bacurau' is a violent neo-Western folk tale set in a small Brazilian village. By Stephen Dalton Flying saucers, ...

On one level, you could take Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ “Bacurau” as a serious political work about the exploitation of rural communities, the callous indifference of government and ...

A water truck bumps along pot-holed asphalt and then dirt roads. The driver maneuvers around a traffic accident in which a motorcyclist lies dead and a truck has spilled its load of coffins. The ...

Set “a few years from now,” “Bacurau” is gloriously unworldly. It starts in space, ends with the apparition of a ghost, and is fueled by premonition. As co-directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and ...

One of the pleasures of Cannes is stumbling into a film that you know absolutely nothing about and emerging with a new favorite. On Wednesday night, after a screening of Deerskin (a movie where Jean ...

CANNES, France, May 16 (Reuters) - Set in the scorching outback of northern Brazil in a small, cut-off town suffering from water shortages, "Bacurau," a contender for the top film prize at Cannes, is ...

Veering hard into genre cinema, Kleber Mendonça Filho and co-director Juliano Dornelles use a grisly human safari in the Brazilian northeast to expose the country's complex problems. A bloody ...

Dir: Kléber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. Cast: Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Thardelly Lima, Jonny Mars, Chris Doubek, Karine Teles, Alli Willow. 18 cert; 131 mins Bacurau, as well as ...

Flying saucer drones, bloodthirsty tourists and a town of psychedelic drug-taking locals come together in this genre-bending Brazilian drama. Watch the video review to find out more. From zombies (The ...