Cinema Novo begins with people running across a desert, then others running from the police and to catch a bus. It’s a recurring motif in this documentary which aims to capture the spirit of the Cinema Novo movement... Read Article
Cinema Novo, directed by the Brazilian film-maker Eryk Rocha, won The Golden Eye Award for Best Documentary Film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Cinema Novo is a movie-essay that explores one of the most important cinematic movements... Read Article
The tag of “post-tropicália” has never felt more apparent that on the latest release from Ava Rocha. Ava Patrya Yndia Yracema is the second album from the Rio-born singer and offers 12 tracks of astonishing inventiveness and originality.... Read Article
Cinema has always played a major role in the dissemination of political understanding and in developing a collective memory of past events. The widespread accessibility, popularity, and ability to relate complex political systems to realistic situations with which... Read Article
If the accolade ‘polymath’ can apply to someone who excels at a multitude of humanities and arts subjects, rather than just the sciences, then Glauber Rocha certainly was one. During his comparatively short but intensely influential career he... Read Article
Mr Bongo have released a number of quality Brazilian film and music releases over the years. In the past it’s been a little tricky to find out more about those releases. Well, not anymore. They have just released... 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
