What to stream: Recent dramas examine turmoil of South America in the '70s

What to stream: Recent dramas examine turmoil of South America in the '70s

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” is now in theaters and garnering significant awards attention after its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where it won best director and best actor, for star Wagner Moura, and as Brazil’s…

How The Secret Agent Appeals to the Brazilian Collective Memory

I can’t remember the man’s name, or the year we met, but I remember the conversation we had. It was the early 2010s, at a customer seminar I conducted for my former employer, back when I worked in tech; he was a client, flown up to New England from the south. The world, we agreed over cafeteria chocolate chip cookies at lunch, while everyone else made small talk about the weather, becomes a far better place when people travel to places either fa…

How The Secret Agent Appeals to Brazilian Collective Memory

I can’t remember the man’s name, or the year we met, but I remember the conversation we had. It was the early 2010s, at a customer seminar I conducted for my former employer, back when I worked in tech; he was a client, flown up to New England from the south. The world, we agreed over cafeteria chocolate chip cookies at lunch, while everyone else made small talk about the weather, becomes a far better place when people travel to places either fa…