REVIEW: The Fever (2021)
In 2020, Amazon deforestation in Brazil increased by almost 10%, the highest number in twelve years, with over 11,000 square metres gone. Since taking office at the beginning of 2019, president Jair Bolsonaro has consistently made a mockery of environmental enforcement laws, prioritising the interests…
SXSW INTERVIEW: ‘Executive Order’ Director Lázaro Ramos
Lázaro Ramos is a Brazilian actor, presenter, producer, director and author who, over the last 20 years, has received more than 70 awards, played almost one hundred characters in cinema, theatre and television, and has published five books. He has been a UNICEF ambassador since…
REVIEW: Executive Order (SXSW 2021)
Executive Order opens with a card stating that the story takes place “somewhere in the future,” allocating the viewer in an undetermined space that equally dialogues with present and future while simultaneously pulling from the past. Some of the best products of recent Brazilian cinema…
REVIEW: Identifying Features (2021)
In December of last year, The New York Times published a long investigation piece titled She Stalked Her Daughter’s Killers Across Mexico, One By One. The story is one that, if told through fictional lenses, would be deemed too much of a reach. Miriam Rodríguez,…
REVIEW: My Darling Supermarket (2021)
Bright LED lights are turned on, drenching the sterile corridors in surgical white. Shelves are promptly stocked, the placement of each and every product carefully calculated. All workers take their places in a choreographed routine, from the warehouse to the tills. It is clear that…
