An opening title says that the film takes place in Brazil in 1977, during “a time of great mischief,” which turns out to be a ...

While the story of the hairy leg in The Secret Agent might seem too wild to be true, it's actually based in reality.

With his win for best drama actor, Wagner Moura is now the first Brazilian man to win a Golden Globe for acting. "'The Secret Agent' is a film about memory or the lack of memory," Moura said during ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Wagner Moura won the Golden Globe for lead actor in a motion picture drama on Sunday night for the political ...

The star of Brazil's entry for the best international feature Oscar race, himself a best actor contender for a performance that's already brought him the Cannes Film Festival's equivalent prize, chats ...

For a film that — on the surface — is about political dissidents and authoritarianism, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” spends a lot of time at the movies. Which makes sense because this ...

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2025, Justin Chang, Alison Willmore, and Bilge Ebiri—about the year in cinema. Well hello again, Justin, the ...

SAO PAULO — “The Secret Agent,” a Brazilian feature shortlisted for the Oscars, is all about ordinary people. It follows an unassuming scientist and widowed father who becomes a target of Brazil’s ...

The FBI recently raided the home of a Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance’s detail in an alleged tax and wire fraud case involving millions of dollars in donations and grants. In the ...

Especially as you grow tenure at an organization, it feels much easier and comfortable to bring your authentic self to work. But former Secret Service agent Evy Poumpouras says that’s bad for business ...