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• Brazil film biz sails into mainstream

  From Variety  |  September 17, 2008

• VideoFilmes picks up 'Samba'

  From Variety  |  May 25, 2008

• VideoFilmes enters 'Eye of the Storm'

  From Variety  |  May 21, 2008

 

• THE ENVELOPE CANNES

  May 18, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  CANNES is still the lizard king of fests, and if past years are any indication, a few of the films unfurled could fire the opening shots... more

• Cannes. Linha de passe.

  From GreenCine  |  May 17, 2008

  "Twelve years after co-directing Foreign Land, filmmakers Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas have returned to update their portrait of urban... more

• Linha de Passe

  From Variety  |  May 17, 2008

  Film Reviews: Putting sociological elements on an equal footing with drama, Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas look at poor Sao Paulo youth... more

• Cannes Film Festival announces official lineup - The Envelope...

  From The Envelope  |  April 29, 2008

  Back in the competition, other well-known names in the lineup are Wim Wenders with "The Palermo Shooting," Atom Egoyan with "Adoration," Cannes... more

• A nostalgic rendezvous with the City of Light

  May 14, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  It didn't take much to lure Gena Rowlands to participate in the valentine to love and the City of Light, "Paris Je T'Aime," which opens Friday... more

• Suspense and skill flood 'Dark Water'

  July 8, 2005

  From Los Angeles Times

  In the case to persuade Hollywood studios to engage real directors more often, not just for their awards fodder, add "Dark Water" as Exhibit... more

• A songwriter's dream has disappointing end

  February 27, 2005

  From Los Angeles Times

  Jorge DREXLER awoke with the fateful song already in his head. The night before, the Uruguayan singer-songwriter had read the script for... more

• No Oscar for orphaned 'Diaries'

  October 5, 2004

  From Los Angeles Times

  Near the end of "The Motorcycle Diaries," Ernesto "Che" Guevara makes a toast to the staff of a leper colony in which he says that his journey... more

• Biopics tackle life or something like it

  October 5, 2004

  From Los Angeles Times

  Having played characters such as the Sundance Kid and Bob Woodward, Robert Redford knows what it's like to evoke real life on film. But nothing... more

• Heroes: lionized, supersized

  October 4, 2004

  From Los Angeles Times

  A few days ago, Aleida Guevara March made a startling disclosure regarding her father, the late Argentine revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che... more

• Sundance a seller's market

  January 22, 2004

  From Los Angeles Times

  Buyers at the Sundance Film Festival have a mantra: Don't get caught up in festival fever. In other words, don't let an enthusiastic reception... more

• Expressive restraint

  August 3, 2003

  From Los Angeles Times

  For the first time in his life, Ernesto "Che" Guevara contemplates the otherworldly beauty of the Amazon jungle -- and likes what he sees... more

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