An inventive and captivating take on the heist genre from Argentine director Rodrigo Moreno. Bank clerk Morán (Daniel Elias) plots the perfect crime -…
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The Yanomami of Brazil know that if shamans stop dancing and life in the rainforest loses its balance, the sky will fall and crush everything beneath…
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Kleber Mendonça Filho pays homage to the lost cinemas of his hometown, Recife, in this poetic and personal documentary. As narrator, Filho first…
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Carolina Markowicz’s vibrant and beguiling comedy drama, Toll takes on the disturbing trends of homophobia in contemporary Brazil with great wit and…
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Masterfully blending elements of noir and neorealism, Robert Farias’ The Train Robbers is a powerful thriller and a searing critique of Brazil’s class…
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