If you've spent any time in a dictatorship — I've had that happy experience — you understand why your high school teachers were always praising democracy. You quickly learn that authoritarian states ...

Catching up on all of the Best Picture movies nominated for the 2026 Oscars just got a little easier, because the Brazilian political thriller, The Secret Agent, is now available to buy and rent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even the housecat is two-faced in The Secret Agent, a culmination of career-long fascinations for Brazilian writer-director Kleber ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Secret Agent, which is nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Director Kleber Mendonca Filho poses with his award for best director for the film "The Secret Agent" as well as the best ...

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 ...

The Secret Service agent in charge of Donald Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pa., was made aware of “credible intelligence” of a threat against the former president — but didn’t pass it along to her ...

In 2023, Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho made a vastly underrated documentary, Pictures of Ghosts. Within the film, which explores (among many themes) the cinemas of Recife, the filmmaker ...

"The Secret Agent" breakout Tânia Maria has joined Leonardo Lacca's "Sábado Morto" ("Dead Saturday," in literal translation).

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilians celebrated the nomination of “The Secret Agent” film to four Oscar categories on Thursday, which many said confirmed the rise of Brazilian cinema and its universal appeal. ...