If you've spent any time in a dictatorship — I've had that happy experience — you understand why your high school teachers were always praising democracy. You quickly learn that authoritarian states ...

India, March 28 -- What image springs to mind when you hear the words "secret agent"? Let us guess. Is it an impeccably dressed man sitting at a bar, ordering a martini "shaken, not stirred"? Yeah, ...

Since its first screening at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it took home awards for Best Actor and Best Director, Kleber Mendonça’s “The Secret Agent” has been making waves on the festival ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Director Kleber Mendonça Filho and lead actor Wagner Moura discuss politics, Panavision and the past as Brazilian cinema shines at the Oscars. ‘The Secret Agent’ feels like a love letter to 1970s ...