Neon has dropped a new trailer for their critically-acclaimed drama The Secret Agent, which has wowed audiences on the festival circuit with it’s Wagner Moura (Civil War) headlined tale of political intrigue. Selected by Brazil to be their submission for Best International Feature Film at next year’s Academy Awards, The Secret Agent is directed by […]
Wagner Moura is a widower on the run in trailer for 70s-set political thriller The Secret Agent
Following its award-winning premiere at Cannes ealier this year, Neon has now released a trailer for the 1970s set Brazilian political thriller The Secret Agent. Written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, the film stars Wagner Moura as Marcelo, a widower on the run from mercenaries in Recife, Brazil and relying on the help of […]
Movie Review – Bacurau (2019)
Bacurau, 2019. Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. Starring Bárbara Colen, Sônia Braga, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Thardelly Lima and Udo Kier. SYNOPSIS: A small Brazilian town finds itself under siege from heavily armed American invaders. Above all else, Bacurau delights in its status as a slippery, unpredictable beast that straddles genres, tones […]
Movie Review – Aquarius (2016)
Aquarius, 2016. Directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho. Starring Sonia Braga, Humberto Carrao, Zoraide Coleto, Irandhir Santos, and Maeve Jinkings. SYNOPSIS: Retired music critic Clara is a survivor. She’s come through breast cancer and the death of her husband, and now she faces the prospect of her much-loved home being taken away from her when a […]
Blu-ray Review – Aquarius (2016)
Aquarius, 2016. Directed and written by Kleber Mendonça Filho. Starring Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão, and Zoraide Coleto. SYNOPSIS: A retired journalist becomes embroiled in an intense conflict of interests with a development company intent on acquiring all the apartments in the building where she lives, the Aquarius. Aquarius is a resolutely intelligent work detailing a […]
