From left: Gabriel Leone, filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido and Alice Carvalho at 'The Secret Agent' photocall Monday in Cannes Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images ...

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” opens with a curious warning. “Our story is set in the Brazil of 1977,” white text reads as a yellow Volkswagen Beetle pulls into a gas ...

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Discover What’s Streaming On: Catching up on all of the Best Picture movies nominated for the 2026 Oscars just got a little easier, because the Brazilian political thriller, The Secret Agent, is now ...

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"I am under a death threat." Neon has revealed the first look teaser trailer for the acclaimed Brazilian film titled The Secret Agent, the latest from Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Director Kleber Mendonca Filho poses with his award for best director for the film "The Secret Agent" as well as the best ...

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2025, Justin Chang, Alison Willmore, and Bilge Ebiri—about the year in cinema. Well hello again, Justin, the ...