During Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s, political dissident Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello) is arrested. In the wake ...

While Oscars season is in full swing, revisit The Desert Sun's recent red carpet interviews with several directors and ...

A radiant Rio de Janeiro, bathed in sunlight and carried by the ocean breeze. The beach is full of life—children run across ...

As São Paulo State and Brazil at large gears up its funding for film, TV, vid games and beyond, there is a distinct ...

A voiding the conventional format for biopics about revered public figures, I’m Still Here explores a specific political ...

Brazil takes a step forward with a difficult historical reckoning thanks to this superb drama from the great Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries). It’s 1971 and the country is under a grim military ...

An animation studio and, from 2016, live action producer behind toon series “Osmar ... Regard winner The Invisible Life” and now Walter Salles’ triple Oscar nominee “I’m Still Here.” ...

All roads in the Brazilian film industry seem to lead to lead to Marcelo Rubens Paiva, and he considers many of the people he ...

Based on Paiva’s 2015 autobiography Ainda estou aqui, Walter Salles’ film I’m Still Here tells the story of his mother, Eunice Paiva, whose politically active husband Rubens was taken by ...

This Oscar-nominated film tells the true story of Brazil’s missing dissident former congressman. By David Sexton Walter Salles is, rather surprisingly, thought to be the third-wealthiest film director ...