I'm Still Here (2024)
Directed by Walter Salles
A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
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Brazilian cinema is no stranger to films about the régime, from Camilo Galli Tavares’s The Day That Lasted 21 Years to Cao Hamburger’s The Year My Parents Went on Vacation.
Brazilian cinema is no stranger to films about the régime, from Camilo Galli Tavares’s The Day That Lasted 21 Years to Cao Hamburger’s The Year My Parents Went on Vacation.
What I mean to say is that I liked CODA well enough, but we can all agree that the delightful indie won its Best Picture for progressive nutritiousness more than it did for cinematic arts and sciences.
Suppose there was another international feature to have the ubiquitous touch carried by Parasite only a few years ago.
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And if I weren’t so ride or die for The Substance, I’d be rooting for a Fernanda Torres win for Best Actress.
In fact, the only real homework movie on the Oscar list is Wicked, which is akin to doing said homework on a desk made of knives, with an anthrax-coated pen, in a house that’s currently on fire.