From 15th December Bingo: King Of The Mornings, Brazil’s Oscar and BAFTA nomination, will be screening in UK cinemas. The film tells the story of Augusto (played by Vladimir Brichta), a struggling actor who lands his perfect role... Read Article
Rio de Janeiro is notorious for having one of the highest levels of social inequality on earth. A city of dramatic contradictions – it’s glamorous but ugly, passionate but angry, tranquil but dangerous. While beauty radiates from its... Read Article
Normally when you hear of the latest viral video sensation it’s either an advert or the latest track by some infuriating pop star. This is often the case in Brazil too, where videos by the likes of Naldo... Read Article
One thing is for sure if you’ve visited Brazil in the past 10 years, at some point you will be asked if you’ve watched City of God (there is at least one DVD in every hostel in the... Read Article
It’s always difficult to make a “best of all time” list. First, I had to decide which qualities were important when making the final choices of films to appear on the list. I decided to use three main... Read Article
“The only rule to getting things done in life is simple: get on and do them,” says Dorian Needs, founder and director of Rio Film School, an organisation offering intensive filmmaking courses in Rio de Janeiro. These courses... Read Article
Amazing new video from Thiago Pethit taken from his Berlim, Texas album of last year. It’s one of those videos that seems very simply in its concept but is probably hiding a very complex filming schedule involving take... Read Article
There is no doubting the influence that samba has on Seu Jorge, it has been present in his solo albums, his covers of David Bowie and now with the Seu Jorge & Almaz album. There is no musical... Read Article
In recent years there has been an explosion from the South American film industry. Headed up by the internationally acclaimed City of God, the continents film makers have been making noises the rest of the world can’t fail... Read Article
During the month of August BFI are holding a South American film festival featuring many of the classics of the genre. It seems a bit of a shame that they have decided to feature some of these classics... Read Article
Out of all the Brazilian artists who came to the fore in the late 60s/early 70s Tim Maia was the one that embodied the rock ‘n’ roll spirit the most. His favourite cocktail was cocaine, cannabis and whiskey,... Read Article
