Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...

Aquarius and Bacurau director Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent weaves a complex, time-jumping political crime thriller, focusing on one man's experience of persecution. Mainly set in the late ...

Cannes winners Kleber Mendonça Filho and star Wagner Moura dig into their '70s portrait of an ordinary man targeted by the Brazilian dictatorship. The film is resonating with Academy voters. The 2026 ...

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” opens with a curious warning. “Our story is set in the Brazil of 1977,” white text reads as a yellow Volkswagen Beetle pulls into a gas ...

If you want to see actor Wagner Moura's face light up, don't bring up the fact that he might be on the verge of making history. He could be the first Portuguese-speaking actor to bring home an acting ...

Evgenia Alexandrova, the Russian-born, Paris-based cinematographer, has brought her exquisite eye for detail and movement to documentaries and narrative films alike, including the Noémie ...

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 ...

Once thought a shoo-in for international feature submission, ’The Secret Agent’ faced a vigorous campaign for ‘Manas’ backed by Sean Penn and a mass of Brazilian companies and institutions Coming off ...

Editor's Note: This conversation has been edited and condensed for publication. I've been following your work for a few years, but for it to be for this film, from your home country of Brazil, and the ...

"I am under a death threat." Neon has revealed the first look teaser trailer for the acclaimed Brazilian film titled The Secret Agent, the latest from Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho. This ...

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