Kleber Mendoça Filho’s incredible new film joins several of the year’s best in depicting the cost of being on the wrong side of authoritarianism.

In “The Secret Agent,” audiences will meet hit men, zombie legs, corrupt cops, a two-headed cat and a quiet man who is ...

A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the ...

A casual disregard for human life contrasts with a colorful, hard-partyin’ atmosphere of 1977 Carnaval in Brazil in “The ...

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” opens with a curious warning. “Our story is set in the Brazil ...

Kleber Mendonça Filho breaks down his new film 'The Secret Agent,' Brazil's official selection for the 2026 Oscars.

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 ...

The "Bacurau" director returns with a vividly textured epic about a man trying to get out of 1970s Brazil or die trying.

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 ...

You can almost smell the sweat in “The Secret Agent,” a stylish, slow burn thriller about radicals and mercenaries in 1977 Brazil. Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho begins his film with the note that it ...