Tag: Walter Salles

FlixChatter Review: I’m Still Here (2024) – Brazilian humanist drama is a reflection of resilience and not letting tragedy define them

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I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) is a striking film that takes us back to one of Brazil's darkest times in the 1970s: the military dictatorship. This painful chapter is filled with severe state violence, where any act of defiance can threaten both activists and their families. The film is particularly compelling as it’s told …

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MSPIFF 2024 Review: The Movie Teller – the transformative power of film and storytelling set in a volatile Chilean desert

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Movies that pay homage to cinema are popular it can practically be a genre all its own, and it’s one I am always drawn to. The Movie Teller encompasses the love of movies and the transformative power of motion pictures and storytelling. Set in the mid-1960s in a mining town in Chile’s Atacama Desert, we …

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