The success of Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent - which caused a splash in Cannes last year and has been making waves ever since - marks an extraordinary chapter in the history of Brazilian ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Secret Agent, which is nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor ...

In 2023, Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho made a vastly underrated documentary, Pictures of Ghosts. Within the film, which explores (among many themes) the cinemas of Recife, the filmmaker ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — “The Secret Agent,” a Brazilian feature shortlisted for the Oscars, is all about ordinary people. It follows an unassuming scientist and widowed father who becomes a target of ...

If you've spent any time in a dictatorship — I've had that happy experience — you understand why your high school teachers were always praising democracy. You quickly learn that authoritarian states ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

Wagner Moura takes cover in this knockout from the filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho that is largely set in 1977 during Brazil’s military dictatorship. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for ...

Once thought a shoo-in for international feature submission, ’The Secret Agent’ faced a vigorous campaign for ‘Manas’ backed by Sean Penn and a mass of Brazilian companies and institutions Coming off ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Don’t run from your past. Revolutionize it! Taking place in 1977 during Brazil’s military dictatorship, The Secret Agent follows Armando Solimoes (Wagner Moura), a technology ...

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