In this documentary, filmmaker Renate Costa undertakes a fascinating and painful investigation into who her uncle Rodolfo really was, a process that leads her into the cold black heart of the brutal dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, who ruled Paraguay from 1954 to 1989.

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Mercurio, the latest offering from wondrous Portuguese auteur Sandro Aguilar, marks a new phase in his ambitious body of work.

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The Tiniest Place is a film about a people’s inspiring determination to fight for its own dignity no matter the cost, and to heal from the battle.

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Family Instinct is a film that defies categorization—it’s a documentary that seems largely staged, and a tale of human misery that’s as funny as it is disturbing.

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You Hurt My Feelings is like a Buster Keaton comedy of pain slowed all the way down to the depressive pace of jobless-recovery culture.

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