Overview of articles
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SWK4
A portrayal of Futurist writer Almada Negreiros without any cultural reservations. Provocative, in defense of lust, debauchery, frenetic daily experiePublished on: -
Stadium (phantas-mix)
Why does Braga’s Estádio Municipal evoke thoughts of Roman circuses and Estado Novo hubris? Is FIFA the Quinto Império realised?Published on: -
Mar Portuguez
Portugal’s latest entry in the international sub-genre of fishing documentaries is set to Fernando Pessoa’s eponymous poem. Screens beforePublished on: -
Os túneis da realidade
After the works of artist João Queiroz met the musings of neuro-philosopher Robert Anton Wilson, life will never look the same.Published on: -
O homem-pykante – Diálogos com Pimenta
A multifaceted tribute to polymath Alberto Pimenta: poet, translator (Thomas Bernhard, among others), performer/performance artist, provocateur, pornPublished on: -
A volta ao mundo quando tinhas 30 anos
Loving, captivating portrait of the director’s father based on the latter’s 1970 round-the-world journey.Published on: -
A janela (Maryalva mix)
One Don Juan – six actors; and his six lovers – one actress. Lots of strange things are happening along the Bica funicular.Published on: -
Terril
Painstaking analysis of the peculiar geography of Charleroi, forever marked by the 1956 mining disaster and the ecological rebirth that followed.Published on: -
És a nossa fé
Only a true football fan like Pêra could make a film so in awe of the supporter’s spectacle – and so mystified by it.Published on: -
KINORAMA − Cinema Fora de Órbita
What will cinema become in the future – and where will it happen? In this mad mix of research/enquiry/essay, Pêra offers a plethora of ansPublished on: