Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho joins us to discuss his Oscar-nominated film, The Secret Agent, and the history that inspired it. The film is set in the northern Brazilian city of Recife in ...

The Secret Agent is one of the most celebrated international films of the year. It has been nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor. The film stars Wagner Moura and is set in ...

Global success stories like 'The Secret Agent' and 'I'm Still Here' have reawakened a vibrant cinematic culture that goes back decades, but has been decimated by political shifts. Now its power ...

The Secret Agent is not based on a true story, in the sense that Wagner Moura’s character, Armando Solimões—and indeed most of the characters in the movie—are not based on a real people.

Alfredo Luiz Paes de Oliveira Suppia receives funding from CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) as a researcher level 1C. Stephanie Dennison does not work for, consult, ...

The Oscar-nominated political thriller The Secret Agent is set to make its streaming debut on Hulu. Following major awards recognition, the film will soon be available to stream, expanding its reach ...

Back in the Seventies, in the Brazilian city of Recife, a “hairy leg” became an urban legend, popularised knowingly by the press as a scapegoat for all the violence doled out by the military police.

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How the 31-year-old actor went from playing J.D. Vance for Ron Howard to saving the republic as an FBI guy working in the White House basement. By Seija Rankin Senior Editor “You’re paid a lot of ...

Period drama "Train Dreams" took home the Spirit Awards win for best feature Sunday, as both it and "The Secret Agent" gathered momentum ahead of the Academy Awards. "The Secret Agent" notched best ...

Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna was on shift in Minneapolis on a Wednesday evening last month, making deliveries as a DoorDash driver, when he realized he was being followed by ICE agents, his attorney said ...