Writer-directors Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher talk about the ‘assimilation myth’, why Wim Wenders is wrong and how they’re developing queer western and horror movies
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Oscars 2026: who will win, who should win, who should’ve been in the running? ⊕⊕
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Will Sinners and One Battle After Another sweep the board as expected, or are there surprises on the way? Our critic shares his predictions for the big-screen triumphs and disasters
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2 months ago
Why F1 the Movie should win the best picture Oscar ⊕⊕⊕
It may not be in pole position, but Brad Pitt and director Joseph Kosinski’s sleek, technically inventive ode to motor racing definitely qualifies for the Academy podium
Could, should, would F1 the Mo…
3 months ago
Why The Secret Agent should win the best picture Oscar ⊕⊕⊕
Kicking off this year’s series in which our writers advocate for one Academy Award nominee, our chief critic on why the Brazilian drama-thriller is the most audacious and fully realised film in the r…
Peter Bradshaw’s Baftas 2026 predictions – who’ll get the gongs, who’ll be the goners? ⊖
Will Paul Thomas Anderson’s ICE age conspiracy thriller sweep the board, or will Sinners and Hamnet share some glory? Our critic places his bets
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Your Life Without Me by James Meek review – angel of destruction haunts a domestic drama ⊕
A plot to blow up St Paul’s Cathedral is seen through the lens of family tragedy
A great demolition is also an act of creation, so long as its execution is bold and impressive enough, so long as it c…
4 months ago
‘I’ve been advised not to say certain things’: The Secret Agent makers on Oscars, dictators and death threats ⊖
The actor Wagner Moura and writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho explain how the Brazilian thriller mirrors their experiences of political corruption and why they are compelled to speak out
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Why a T-shirt hiding in a hit movie is trending with Brazilian progressives: ‘Almost every day they sell out’ ○
Even Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has received one, after Wagner Moura wore it in The Secret Agent
It is glimpsed in just a few scenes in The Secret Agent, the Brazilian film nomina…
6 months ago
Wagner Moura to lead Ibsen update in unique festival collaboration ⊕
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Brazilian actor will star in The Trial: Enemy of the People, which examines modern political and environmental conflicts
The award-winning Brazilian actor Wagner Moura is to star in a new play being s…
7 months ago
‘I hope he goes to jail’: Brazil’s Cannes-winning director on Bolsonaro and political amnesia ⊕
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Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gripping thriller The Secret Agent is set in the 70s but casts light on present day politics
When the Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho was writing his latest movie, in …