Tuca Siqueira discusses the decade-long process behind BuenosAires, and the balance between reality and fabulation in small-town Pernambuco, Brazil.
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Caco Ciocler uses the “truck patriot” meme to explore Brazilian political polarization in “Eu Não Te Ouço,” starring Márcio Vito.
EU NÃO TE OUÇO | 2026 Read More »
Bruno Bini expands his short “Three Kinds of Fear” into a feature that interweaves five storylines about violence, grief, and fear on the outskirts of Cuiabá.
FIVE KINDS OF FEAR | 2026 Read More »
Leon Hirszman adapts Gianfrancesco Guarnieri’s play into a family drama about solidarity and class struggle against the backdrop of the ABC Paulista strikes.
THEY DON’T WEAR BLACK TIE | 1981 Read More »
In this interview, Zezé Motta shares her experience playing Francisca da Silva de Oliveira in “Xica da Silva” (1976), revealing how she built one of Brazilian cinema’s most iconic characters through physicality, moral contradictions, and the balance between satire and human truth.
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Aly Muritiba skillfully adapts Daniel Galera’s novel in “Drenched in Blood.” A dense atmosphere built around theatrical long takes serves as the backdrop for a disturbing examination of masculinity, with Gabriel Leone and Thainá Duarte
DRENCHED IN BLOOD | 2026 Read More »
Released in 1965, Luiz Sérgio Person’s film remains one of the most precise portraits ever made of São Paulo — and of the kind of ambition the city produces.
SÃO PAULO, INCORPORATED | 1965 Read More »
Evgenia Alexandrova, cinematographer of “The Secret Agent” (2025), discusses the decision to film Brazil’s dictatorship in broad daylight, working with Wagner Moura on set, and what it means to operate the camera to be fully present.
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Suzana Amaral transposes Clarice Lispector’s novel in one of the most accomplished adaptations in Brazilian cinema, with a revelatory Marcélia Cartaxo as Macabéa. The film knows how to find beauty and tragedy in the invisibility of an unforgettable character.
THE HOUR OF THE STAR | 1985 Read More »
João Londres discusses “Klaustrophobia” (2025), a psychological horror that premiered at the Rio Film Festival. The director recounts how the project was born during the pandemic and transformed in editing, details the opening sequence shot, and shares Brazilian film recommendations.
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