Brazil Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/brazil/ What to Watch Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:26:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Brazil Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/brazil/ 32 32 A DIFFERENT MAN https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/a-different-man/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:49:11 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=49990

(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out Melanie Addington’s movie review of A Different Man. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Aaron Schimberg in his third feature film, A Different Man, sets himself into a […]

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]]> PICTURES OF GHOSTS Trailer: Kleber Mendonça Filho Unpacks His Personal History of Cinema https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/pictures-of-ghosts-kleber-mendonca-filho/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:45:20 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=49839

In the latest from visionary director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau), cinema and nostalgia are front and center. In Pictures of Ghosts, he journeys to his Brazilian hometown of Recife. There, reflects on his personal cinematic life and explores Brazil’s movie […]

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]]> PRIVATE DESERT Trailer: A Search for Lost Love in Brazilian Oscar Entry https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/private-desert/ Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:25:06 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37521

Brazilian filmmaker Aly Muritiba’s film Private Desert (Deserto Particular) premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival where it was praised for its performances, eroticism, and beguiling aesthetic. It would eventually go on to become Brazil’s official entry for Best International […]

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]]> THE TERRITORY Trailer: Take A Journey Into the Amazon in Sundance-Winning Documentary https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/the-territory/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 20:00:14 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37360

Co-produced by Darren Aronofsky, Alex Pritz’s directorial debut The Territory takes us deep into the Brazilian Amazon where we are immersed in the lives of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people. Shot by Pritz and members of the Uru-eu-wau-wau, this documentary captures […]

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]]> QUEEN OF LAPA https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/queen-of-lapa-review/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 18:25:52 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=31230

The life of transgender people is not easy, and the discrimination they face in various parts of the world pushes a fair number of them into sex work.

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]]> A Conversation With Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli (CINE SÃO PAOLO) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/cine-sao-paolo-interview/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:27:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28317 I met with Brazilian documentary filmmakers Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli, on Saturday, June 17, 2017, after the international premiere, at AFI DOCS 2017, of their feature debut, Cine São Paolo (which I also reviewed). The film profiles the attempts […]

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]]> CINE SÃO PAOLO https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/cine-sao-paolo-review/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:42:09 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=28313

It's a wonderful meditation on history, movies, the history of movies, and the joys of sharing one's love of movies with others.

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]]> A Conversation with Kleber Mendonça Filho (NEIGHBORING SOUNDS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-kleber-mendonca-filho-neighboring-sounds/ Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:00:34 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17797 (NOTE: This conversation was first published on June 27, 2012.) Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho is the picture of confidence, striding onto the upper deck of the L.A. Live parking structure, which has been turned into offices, a filmmaker lounge, […]

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]]> NEIGHBORING SOUNDS https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/neighboring-sounds-film-review/ Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:16:37 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17728

Where Dogtooth felt like a good laugh with a smart new friend, Neighboring Sounds is like a brooding stranger who might turn on you at any moment.

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]]> Premiere Brazil! 2012 at MoMA (July 12-24, 2012) https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/premiere-brazil-2012-moma/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:22:49 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17941 Watching a hearty batch of screeners back-to-back-to-back for many of the films playing in the 10th anniversary edition of the “Premiere Brazil! 2012” series (a collaboration between MoMA and the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival), it was impossible not […]

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