In March 2026, a rumor (archived) circulated online that a U.S. Secret Service agent said that working for U.S. President Donald Trump had "ruined" him because of the president's kindness. According ...

The Oscar-nominated film reminds viewers to learn from the past—and to share our stories with the next generation. I was born just a few years after the end of a dictatorship. As Brazil’s fledgling ...

A mystery looms over the first 90 minutes of The Secret Agent, the Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s masterful fifth feature: Why is Armando Solimões on the run? The sad-eyed research ...

She might be young, but she is also dangerous. Whenever President Donald Trump is anywhere in America or abroad, the Secret Service is always nearby. The United States Secret Service has a mission to ...

Mexico Kleber Mendonca Filho Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho, director of the Oscar nominated film The Secret Agent, poses for a portrait in Mexico City, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Berenice ...

MEXICO CITY — For the second consecutive year, the hypercompetitive category of best international film at the Academy Awards includes a Brazilian film that has also earned a nomination for best ...

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In an exclusive featurette, Mendonça spoke about wanting to use stop-motion instead of CGI to create the film's most fantastical moment. There’s a tangle of peculiar storylines on the periphery of ...