Brazil
‘Pacified’ (‘Pacificado’): Film Review | Tribeca 2020
Director Paxton Winters considers the psychological toll of drug culture and violence in a Rio favela in the vivid community portrait 'Pacified,' whose producers include Darren Aronofsky and Lisa…
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‘Invisible Life’ (‘A Vida invisivel de Euridice Gusmao’): Film Review | Cannes 2019
Two inseparable sisters in 1950s Rio de Janeiro are forced to live apart in 'Invisible Life,' Karim Ainouz's sensual melodrama about spirited women in a machista culture.
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‘Arctic’: Film Review | Cannes 2018
Mads Mikkelsen battles the elements in 'Arctic,' debuting director Joe Penna's rugged survival tale about a man stranded in an unyielding polar landscape.
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‘Hard Paint’ (‘Tinta bruta’): Film Review | Berlin 2018
In 'Hard Paint,' a socially withdrawn young Brazilian finds virtual-world escape as a seductive gay chatroom performer, until a copycat steals his trademark of neon body paint, creating conflict…
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Berlin: RTL Takes Globo’s ‘Merciless’ (Exclusive)
The Brazilian series — which is being shown as part of a special showcase in Berlin — will launch in July in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.
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‘Vazante’: Film Review | Berlin 2017
A backlands tragedy set in early 19th-century colonial Brazil, Daniela Thomas' slow-burn slavery drama 'Vazante' unfolds on a luminous black-and-white widescreen canvas.
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2016’s International Box-Office Surprises
Korea loves 'La La Land,' 'Now You See Me 2' killed in China and 'Bridget Jones's Baby' made $188 million overseas.
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NBCUniversal Gives 600-Plus Film Prints to Toronto Fest to Preserve
TIFF is saving endangered 'Rear Window' and 'The Big Lebowski' 35mm prints from destruction as Hollywood continues the switch to digital.
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AFM: Grindstone, Lionsgate Snatch Domestic Rights to ‘Extortion’ (Exclusive)
Barkhad Abdi and Danny Glover star in the action-thriller, which also has sealed several major international deals.
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‘Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe’ (‘Vor der Morgenroete’): Film Review
German actress and occasional director Maria Schrader chronicles the years in exile of the Jewish-Austrian 'The Royal Game' writer, played by Josef Hader.
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Opening Ceremony of the Rio Olympics: TV Review
Director Fernando Mereilles and his team delivered a sobering call to address global warming and deforestation cloaked in a stirring multicultural celebration of tolerance.
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‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Director Hector Babenco Dies at 70
The Oscar-nominated Brazilian filmmaker worked with Hollywood greats such as William Hurt, Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
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