Tag Archives: Brazilian cinema

the jaws of the past (film: O Agente Secreto – Kleber Mendoça Filho, 2025)

Posted on January 19, 2026 by admin

There is no espionage story in ‘O agente secreto‘ (‘The Secret Agent‘) by Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, nor is there any connection to the novel written by James Conrad more than a century ago, which inspired many other films … Continue reading →

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deadly game, deadly resistance (film: Bacurau – Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles, 2019)

Posted on January 20, 2024 by admin

I rarely get a chance to see Brazilian films, but the ones I get to seem all to be special. This is also the case with ‘Bacurau‘ (2019), written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho – a well-known director with … Continue reading →

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Bad Neighborhoods (Film: Tropa de Elite – Brasil, 2007)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by admin

Brazilian cinema is for me another almost completely unexplored territory. Have I ever seen a Brazilian movie before? Probably not, maybe a couple of documentaries about Brazilian music. Director Jose Padilha‘s Elite Squad was for me as big a surprise … Continue reading →

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