Overview of articles
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Medusa
Neon-lit Brazilian thriller, that feels like a gruesome 80s video clip. Expect right-wing politics, toxic masculinity, mean girls, and religious doctrPublished on: -
Madalena
The death of a trans woman links three lives in Brazil’s agrarian heartland. An ingenious debut, bursting with visual flair.Published on: -
Veronica
São Paulo, 2018. In a gentrifying neighbourhood, activist cleaner Veronica stands up for her profession like an influencer.Published on: -
Riff-Raff
Struggling to get on with her day, Carmen faces up to a city tense with conflict, brutality and looming violence.Published on: -
Lutar, lutar, lutar
Passionate documentary by two renowned filmmakers about their love of Belo Horizonte’s Clube Atlético Mineiro: the team of Reinaldo and RPublished on: -
Davos
Each year a small town in the Swiss mountains receives a caravan of CEOs and heads of state. A tale of two towns.Published on: -
Capitu and the Chapter
Brazilian classic novel filmed as an ironic/philosophical essay on poetry and jealousy. Surprising and experimental.Published on: -
Amor fati
These intimate, at times almost magical, portraits of soulmates prove that love comes in all shapes and sizes.Published on: -
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Kier-La Janisse helps us understand our current cultural malaise through this essay on an enigmatic aspect of horror cinema.Published on: -
A felicidade das coisas
A forty-year-old mother has to watch her expectations crumble in this subtle, superbly acted Brazilian drama.Published on: