Way better than usual thanks for Eduardo Coutinho's retro. Coutinho is one of my favorite filmmakers current working, so it's great to hear his getting a retro...
I would second Filipe´s comments, only adding that IMHO Coutinho´s Playing should also not be missed, and reinforce that every film not mentioned by Filipe...
It's raining Brazilian films in NYC. Does anyone have any thoughts on the films in this new series? I know that Bressane has a reputation, though I haven't...
I would vehemently reccomend against any fiction except for the Bressane and ROMANCE (which I haven't seen, but some good people seem to like). But I don't...
... Um, them's fighting words w/r/t THE BOSS OF IT ALL, which I consider to be one of the more underrated films of the past few years. I'd be curious to see...
I think the ideas you talk about were quite visible, Ruy: they are even announced at that roundtable discussion near the beginning, when Coutinho (I presume)...
To put it shortly, I'd say that since DANCER IN THE DARK he has flattened his provocative approach on manipulation to meet some kind of mainstream standards of...
... I'm not entirely sure what you mean with that last sentence. THE BOSS OF IT ALL, as you seem to have also ascertained, is a film that's entirely about the...
That's an interesting, almost odd reaction to the film, Dan. I don't think anyone in Brazil would come with the expression "audience friendliness" to describe...