If you’ve seen Wagner Moura show up in the likes of ‘Narcos,’ last year’s terrifying look at an riven America, ‘Civil War’ or any number of projects where he steals scenes in supporting roles, ‘The ...

Catching up on all of the Best Picture movies nominated for the 2026 Oscars just got a little easier, because the Brazilian political thriller, The Secret Agent, is now available to buy and rent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Secret Agent, which is nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor ...

American audiences can get a taste of Brazilian history this holiday weekend with the upcoming U.S. release of The Secret Agent, a new historical political thriller that will be Brazil entry into the ...

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” opens with a curious warning. “Our story is set in the Brazil of 1977,” white text reads as a yellow Volkswagen Beetle pulls into a gas ...

There’s a tangle of peculiar storylines on the periphery of Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent,” but maybe none as strange as the disembodied hairy leg that pops up throughout, eventually ...

Armando Solimões, the mournful-eyed central character played by Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent, isn’t a government operative, despite the title of the film. He also isn’t undercover, exactly, though ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Director Kleber Mendonca Filho poses with his award for best director for the film "The Secret Agent" as well as the best ...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Neon opens “The Secret Agent” in select theaters beginning November 26. In his 2023 essay film "Pictures of ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — “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 ...