Culture
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 ...
Paulo Coelho: Brazil’s World-renowned Parable Teller Turns 75
The books of Paulo Coelho, the world’s most successful contemporary Brazilian author, are not ...
Two New Books Reveal the Often Overlooked Musical Gems of Brazil’s Minas Gerais
If you go to Minas Gerais, listen to the music. At first, you’ll probably ...
Intergenerational Baiting and Being Cringe in Brazil
Last week, Christian Langkamp highlighted some of the reasons for growing intergenerational tensions in ...
Mário de Andrade’s To Love, Intransitive Verb: The Novel that Launched Brazil’s Modernist Movement
Ana Lessa-Schmidt’s translation of Mário de Andrade’s modernist classic, To Love, Intransitive Verb, is ...
Elza Soares: Brazil’s Voice of the Millennium Goes Silent
Elza Soares, one of the most revered singers in Brazilian samba music, died at ...
Lia Rodrigues: A Dance to the Wounds and Powerlessness of Brazilians
With contorted faces and twitching bodies, dancers come together, push each other away, and ...
Netflix Brings to the World Brazil’s Most Endearing Myths and Legends
Eric (Marco Pigossi) is an environmental police officer in Rio de Janeiro. When his ...
Brazil President’s Fans Call Him Myth and Are Encouraged to Defy Science and Books
Recent polls suggest that the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, is the favorite to win ...
Don’t Call Me Bitch. Italians Move to Change Synonyms to the Word Woman
Public figures from writers to lawmakers have launched a campaign ahead of International Women’s ...
