Rushes | Apolitical Berlinale, Wong Kar Wai on “Blossoms Shanghai,” Remembering Robert Duvall & Others

The film’s eagerness to register these faces—to hang out, if only for a moment, with the characters floating through the central drama—comes to seem like a response to the era’s obscurity, its missing people and lost stories.” For The New York Review of Books , Beatrice Loayza dives deep into Kleber Mendonça Filho’s conspiracy thriller The Secret Agent (2025), exploring the director’s attempts to mythologize his country’s history to protect it from the ravages of time. The film’s eagerness to register these faces—to hang out, if only for a moment, with the characters floating through the central drama—comes to seem like a response to the era’s obscurity, its missing people and lost stories.” For , Beatrice Loayza dives deep into Kleber Mendonça Filho’s conspiracy thriller (2025), exploring the director’s attempts to mythologize his country’s history to protect it from the ravages of time. Like, if you pitch your ideas to the world and there’s no camera, you’re talking to yourself.” Adam Nayman interviews Matt Johnson about his time-traveling buddy comedy Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026) and what he’s trying to say as his cult (web and TV) series moves to the big screen.