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“Anaconda”(The Sort of Reboot): The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Snake

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures  It wasn’t just the Bossa Nova that came from Brazil. Horror fans know Coffin Joe terrorized the streets of Sao Paulo, while the Creature from the Black Lagoon and the massive snake from the original 1997 Anaconda hailed from deep within the Brazilian Amazon. Film geeks like Doug McCallister and his…

‘I’m Still Here’ Stars Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello on Walter Salles’ Brazilian Drama (Video Interviews)

Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here has been making waves both in his home country of Brazil, where it’s been a massive box office hit, and across the world, where it’s already been shortlisted for the Oscars’ International Feature category. The film’s star, Fernanda Torres, even won a Golden Globe for her performance a few weeks…

‘I’m Still Here’ Director Walter Salles on Revisiting Brazil’s Dark History (Video Interview)

It has been 12 years since Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles has had a narrative feature film released in the United States with his adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. By 2012, Salles had successfully turned his acclaim from the Oscar-nominated 1998 film, Central Station, into being an in-demand director. Although his 2004 film The…