Carlos Saldanha, the soul of Rio (the animation film)
Rio, the animation that just took in $40 million on its opening weekend (that is, last weekend) in the USA, after accumulating $168 million in […]
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10 best nudist beaches in Brazil
Despite its very wide coast, Brazil has few beaches destined to the practice of naturism. In most beaches, you are expected to keep your bathing […]
All you need to know about violence in Rio
“Notícias de uma Guerra Particular” (News of a Private War) is a brilliant documentary with English subtitles by documentarist João Moreira Salles (brother of Walter […]
Zeppelin over the tropics
Rio, early thirties. “We ran upstairs to the open porch and saw the colossal Graf Zeppelin float by above us, sunshine reflecting from its silver […]
Singing in the flood
I simply couldn’t resist reproducing this video, published earlier by The Good Blood. In Rio, fun and joie de vivre come first:
You have never seen Rio this way
Airpano, a Russian aerial panorama website, offers an amazing virtual helicopter tour over Rio and Iguaçú Falls (and also Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, New York, […]
Gorgeous Rio Carnival
A little aftertaste of Carnival: the Havaiana flipflops add currently on TV shows a lady criticizing a bunch of guys (including actor Marcos Palmeira) who […]
José Padilha, the hottest documentarist around
Keep your eyes on José Padilha, the director whose movies dissect the social mechanisms that perpetuate violence and poverty. His latest work, “Garapa” (the sugar […]