The Brazilian film “The Secret Agent” is opening nationwide in U.S. theaters. The Oscar-shortlisted Brazilian thriller follows Armando, a scientist targeted by Brazil's military dictatorship in the ...

In theaters and streaming now are the surreal thriller “The Secret Agent” and animated documentary “Endless Cookie.” ...

Kleber Mendonça Filho has never been shy explicating how personal memories have seeped into his professional work. Born and ...

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 ...

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“You’re telling me hit men are out to get me?” asks the baffled scientist Armando (Wagner Moura) in “The Secret Agent,” a tale from Brazil of murder, corruption, political intrigue, corporate ...

Wagner Moura takes cover in this knockout from the filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho that is largely set in 1977 during Brazil’s miliary dictatorship. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

The past is never the past is never the past — especially if you lived in Brazil in 1977, “a period of great mischief.” That’s the scene-setting intertitle that opens The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça ...

The protagonist of “The Secret Agent” isn’t a secret agent; he only lives like one. The reason for his clandestine maneuvering is apparent from the film’s first scene, when he pulls into a gas station ...

American audiences can get a taste of Brazilian history this holiday weekend with the upcoming U.S. release of The Secret Agent, a new historical political thriller that will be Brazil entry into the ...