From Jaws-inspired shark attacks to the “hairy leg” urban legend, the director discusses his Oscar-shortlisted thriller and ...

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s paranoid thriller “The Secret Agent” is another strong contender for an Oscar, writes Tribune film ...

The star of Brazil's entry for the best international feature Oscar race, himself a best actor contender for a performance ...

Palestinian actress Hiam Abbas will appear in a talk, with Annemarie Jacir (‘Palestine 36’), Olivier Assayas (‘The Wizard of ...

You can almost smell the sweat in “The Secret Agent,” a stylish, slow burn thriller about radicals and mercenaries in 1977 Brazil. Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho begins his film with the note that it ...

An avalanche of garbage buried workers at a waste segregation facility in a central Philippine city, killing one person, ...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Neon opens “The Secret Agent” in select theaters beginning November 26. In his 2023 essay film "Pictures of ...

Wagner Moura has picked up awards right and left for Brazil's Oscar hopeful "The Secret Agent." The dictatorship drama couldn ...

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 ...

You can almost smell the sweat in “The Secret Agent,” a stylish, slow burn thriller about radicals and mercenaries in 1977 Brazil. Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho begins his film with the note that it ...