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The inaugural Best Casting category at the Oscars was not without its surprises. In a category that otherwise went entirely ...

"Sometimes the most difficult thing is to not do the obvious thing," says Oscar nominee Gabriel Domingues.

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 ...

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” opens with a curious warning. “Our story is set in the Brazil of 1977,” white text reads as a yellow Volkswagen Beetle pulls into a gas ...

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Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Neon opens “The Secret Agent” in select theaters beginning November 26. In his 2023 essay film "Pictures of ...

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 ...