Olive tries to drag poor Popeye onto the dance floor, while Bluto looks on in delight

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART FOUR: TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE (CONCLUSION)

Everyone Does the “Broadway Samba” Near the conclusion of “Samba Lelê,” Senhorita Olive Oyl ...

Bluto and Popeye advance toward their “fun” destination: The cartoon Cafe in Rio

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART THREE: SAMBA YOUR CARES AWAY!

A Clubbing We Will Go In the next sequence, Popeye and Bluto stride brazenly ...

Paramount Pictures title card for ‘W’ere on our Way to Rio’ (1944)

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART TWO: WON’T YOU BE MY GOOD NEIGHBOR?

Let Us Entertain You Nothing succeeds like success. And to repeat a successful formula, ...

Popeye (right) escorts Miss Olivia Oyla to the Cafe La Conga in “Kickin’ the Conga Round” (1942)

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART ONE: KICKIN’ THE COUNTRY AROUND

I’m Popeye the sailor man / I’m Popeye the sailor man I’m strong to ...

Movie director Aly Muritiba

A Brazilian Award-Winning Movie and the Transformative Power of Love

An Interview with Director Aly Muritiba “When I decided to make this film in ...

Here Pelé is shown in 1971, in Paris. (AP Photo/Levy)

Netflix Documentary on Pelé Passes Up a Chance to Deal with Brazil’s Class and Race

A recent Netflix documentary about the legendary Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento, ...

Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God, White Devil), from 1964, was directed by Gláuber Rocha and stars Othon Bastos

Brazil Bringing to the Screens a Revisionist History of the Country

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration is embarking on a project of cultural and historical ...

Barren Lives, a Masterful Paradigm of Brazil’s Failure of Hope

The 1963 classic film Vidas Secas (Barren Lives), by director Nelson Pereira dos Santos, ...

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PLAYS Rio As Malandragens de Scapino — Molière’s comic classic about a deceitful servant. ...

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