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Watch Bonkers Brazilian Film ‘Bacurau’ & Support Shuttered Indie Theaters Across the U.S.

Manuel Betancourt — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:46:27 +0000

Boasting the presence of Brazilian icon Sônia Braga and cult favorite Udo Kier, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’s Bacurau was primed for a successful theatrical launch in the U.S. The off-kilter project had earned positive notices at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, drumming up enthusiasm in the months that followed. Every one who saw it

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Border Stories Were Going to Take Center Stage At This Year’s Now Canceled San Diego Latino Film Festival

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 18:52:48 +0000

There are very few film festivals around the United States that focus exclusively on Latino content. Which is why, when one of them is inching ever nearer to a thirty year anniversary, you can’t help but beam with pride. For this year’s 27th edition of the San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF), the programmers have

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TRAILER: Brazilian Film ‘Bacurau’ Is a Mashup of a Western & ‘The Twilight Zone’

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:27:04 +0000

The fact that Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival should immediately alert you that this is a movie to keep on your radar. You have one of the year’s must-see Latin American films on your hands simply by knowing that the Brazilian production reunites Mendonça Filho

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