The opening credits to director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” set the scene as Brazil, 1977, and then add, “a period of great mischief.” And that might be an appropriate capsule ...

Carnaval provides a convenient cover story for nearly 100 deaths and disappearances in “The Secret Agent,” Kleber Mendonça Filho’s robust sense-memory immersion into the sights, sounds and suffocating ...

The movie from writer and director Kleber Mendonça Filho premiered in the Cannes Film Festival competition lineup Sunday and has drawn rave reviews. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The Secret ...

“The Secret Agent” marks the third time lauded Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho plays in competition at Cannes, following “Aquarius” in 2016 and “Bacurau” in 2019, but it does not make him ...

New political thriller movie The Secret Agent has debuted to a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes following its first reviews. Written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, the film is set during the ...

The American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center announced the full lineup of films at the AFI Latin American Film Festival on Tuesday. This slate includes “The Secret Agent,” which will ...

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent has been submitted as Brazil‘s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th annual Academy Awards. The film was picked this afternoon by ...

Walter Salles, the Brazilian director behind the Oscar-winning 2024 drama “I’m Still Here” will introduce a screening of “The Secret Agent” at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to kick off the ...