REVIEW Samba & Jazz
If you want to see what a cultural, social and generational creative community looks, feels and sounds like, then dive... Read Article
Brazilian Movies
REVIEW Portrait Of A Thief
20th century Brazilian upper class. Aristocracy. That’s where you will find yourself when watching Mini Kerti’s 2014 film, Portrait of... Read Article
REVIEW Futuro Beach
An emotionally intense and disorientating film, Futuro Beach (Praia do Futuro) is part love story and part coming of age... Read Article
Karim Aïnouz’s Future Beach To Be Screened In London; Released on DVD
Futuro Beach (Praia do Futuro) The latest film from Brazilian auteur Karim Aïnouz will be released on DVD and On Demand by... Read Article
REVIEW Never Too Old To Meow
One of the most deliciously intriguing dramas at this year’s Brazil Film Fest, is the Rafael Primot directed film, Never too Old to... Read Article
REVIEW The Way He Looks
Teenage love is a simply complicated thing, and Brazilian director Daniel Ribeiro’s The Way He Looks does not muddle its... Read Article
The Role of the Corinthians’ Democracy in Brazil’s Re-democratization: Director Pedro Asbeg discusses Black and White Democracy
Fear of police, social tyranny and a highly repressive government once marked everyday life in Brazil. In the Pedro Asbeg directed documentary Black... Read Article
An Honest Portrait of our Culture: Director Susanna Lira Talks Samba Ladies
“Without women there’s no samba. That is sacred, it’s not a philosophy…this is the essence of life.” Mariene de Castro... Read Article
REVIEW Getúlio
Getúlio, a new film about Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas by João Jardim, reminds me somewhat of Lincoln, the 2012 film... Read Article
Brazil Film Festival Toronto
The 8th annual Toronto Brazil Film Festival starts on November 27th. Eleven films, ranging from documentaries to features and comedies ─ including three... Read Article
REVIEW Doméstica (Housemaids)
Few films have felt as timely as Doméstica (Housemaids), a full-length experimental documentary about domestic workers (“empregadas”) in Brazil by Gabriel... Read Article
REVIEW Flores Raras (Reaching for the Moon)
Flores Raras (Reaching for the Moon), directed by Bruno Barreto, tells the story of the ill-fated, 16-year love affair between... Read Article