Anaconda (2025) arrives in cinemas this week, carrying with it the considerable baggage of its name. For many viewers, the title reminds them of the late-1990s creature feature – a film (not so fondly) remembered for its camp tone and dreadful narrative. Sony Pictures is hoping to revive this 30 year old franchise with a tonal 180 and instead embrace the absurd premise to make audiences laug...
Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) isn’t just a film; it’s an emotional gut-punch, a reckoning with Brazil’s unhealed wounds through the eyes of a family that refused to be erased. This deeply personal and politically charged story earned a ten-minute standing ovation and the Best Screenplay award at Venice, and I’m not surprised. Salles’ long-standing connection with the Paiva...
