By David Pountain Directed by Guilherme Coelho Chicago International Film Festival review When inactivity, uncertainty and a lack of communication are all part of your film’s point, you rule out winning over your audience with narrative […]
Brazil
By Alice Pickard Dir: Jose Padilha Original title: “Elite da Tropa” This film, the first in a series, follows the work of the Batalhão de Operacões Policiais Esperciais (BOPE), the Special Operations Force in Rio […]
Dir: Fernando Mereillas By Joel Windle Based between the late 1960s and early 1980s, City of God is a culturally engaging insight into the Ê»slum-worldʼ of Brazil as it embodies the stark reality of criminality […]