Brazilian religious/political allegory loses its venomous bite

The Chicago Latino Film Festival poses a problem—a good problem, but a problem nevertheless. There are simply too many interesting programs to see, and as ...

Thomas Hardiman's hairstylist whodunnit 'Medusa Deluxe' is a dazzling technical triumph supported by incredible acting.

Read Empire's review of the hairdressing competition murder mystery.

If Chevalier proves one thing, it’s this: you can make a mess of telling any story, no matter how good it is.

The cruelty is the point in Anita Rocha da Silviera's film about a roving gang of ultra-religious teenage girls.

The film’s ideas about women as religious enforcers, complicit in their own subjugation, are fascinating

A blend of horror and satire unveiling the violent paradoxes of religious hypocrisy and aesthetic expectations.

Medusa casts its gaze at the hypocritical and violent world of purity culture with unflinching honesty that will leave the audience spellbound long after the...

After premiering her feature debut Kill Me Please in the Orrizonti section at the Venice International Film Festival in 2015, the rising Brazilian filmmaker ...

Brazillian filmmaker Anita Rocha da Silveria cements her reputation with this stylish satire

Writer-director Anita Rocha da Silveira has created an evangelical town of purity in her Brazilian-set sophomore film Medusa. It's the type of place all Chri...

Anita Rocha da Silveira filters "Suspiria," "Carrie" and "Heathers" through her own aesthetic to create a witty and chilling take on the patriarchy

The 'Kill Me Please' director’s new film is a more uneven but stylistically bold satire of Brazilian youth in thrall to reactionary trends.