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Tag / Brazil

February 10, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Entranced Earth (1967)

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  • 1967, Brazil, Glauber Rocha
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An essential work of the Brazilian Cinema Novo movement, Rocha’s film may be difficult to get into at times, but its electrifying visual style and bold commitment to deconstructing politics and class remain revered. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 25, 2020October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Invisible Life (2019)

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  • 2019, Brazil, Karim Ainouz
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A decades-spanning Brazilian melodrama about two sisters separated from each other—while it’s lushly-filmed and features strong performances, its repetitive nature and an underwhelming finale stop it from being a memorable film. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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November 28, 2020September 13, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Neon Bull (2015)

  • Mascaro, Gabriel
  • 2015, Brazil, Gabriel Mascaro
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A man involved in Brazilian rodeo dreams of being in the fashion industry in Mascaro’s eye-opening, naturalistic work. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 22, 2020November 28, 2020 by Eternality Tan

High-Rise (2009)

  • Mascaro, Gabriel
  • 2009, Brazil, Documentary, Gabriel Mascaro
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An eye-opening documentary with an interesting use of sound, about morbidly rich penthouse-residing Brazilians and why they choose to literally live the high life. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 13, 2020July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Edge of Democracy, The (2019)

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  • 2019, Brazil, Documentary, Petra Costa
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A largely engrossing crash course on how the current Brazilian political landscape, warts and all, came to be in this incisive Oscar-nominated documentary.  

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Blindness (2008)

  • Meirelles, Fernando
  • 2008, Brazil, Fernando Meirelles
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Meirelles’ visual style may be overwhelming, but this is still a rather well-made piece about the human condition.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Bacurau (2019)

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  • 2019, Brazil, Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonca Filho
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A great and promising film when it is in Portuguese, but suffers several tonal missteps when English takes over in this strange work about politics, class and violence.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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July 24, 2019November 28, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Divine Love (2019)

  • Mascaro, Gabriel
  • 2019, Brazil, Gabriel Mascaro
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Gabriel Mascaro continues his rise as one of Brazil’s most audacious filmmakers with this provocative and confident take on religion, sex and bureaucracy, set in the not-so-distant future.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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