Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonca Filho is no stranger to Cannes, having debuted two previous films in Competition beginning with Aquarius in 2016 starring Sonia Braga, so effective as a woman ...

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 ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Catching up on all of the Best Picture movies nominated for the 2026 Oscars just got a little easier, because the Brazilian political thriller, The Secret Agent, is now ...

Wagner Moura is also nominated for best actor; if the movie wins best international film, it will mark the first time in nearly 40 years a country has gone back to back in that category. By David ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Wagner Moura, star of Kleber Mendonça Filho’s acclaimed Cannes Film Festival award-winner, The Secret Agent, is scared of AI and how to deal with it. “Especially,” he warns, “the idea that ...

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 ...