The New York Times – Film:
Wagner Moura takes cover in this knockout from the filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho that is largely set in 1977 during Brazil’s miliary dictatorship.
Category: Brazil
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6 Floating Hotels Where Gentle Waves Will Rock You to Sleep
The New York Times – Travel:
Leave your worries on the shore at resorts in places like an azure Caribbean bay, a crystal-clear Cambodian river and a pristine Thai lake.
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Hermeto Pascoal, Prolific Brazilian Composer, Dies at 89
The New York Times – Music:
A self-taught multi-instrumentalist, he rose from a childhood of rural privation to become a favorite of jazz musicians and audiences around the world.
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How Do You Build a Jungle?
The New York Times – T Magazine:
In the cities of Brazil, a landscape architect creates abundant private gardens that rewild the terrain from which these metropolises grew.
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Lucien Pellat-Finet, Fashion’s ‘King of Cashmere,’ Dies at 78
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The aesthetic of the sweaters he designed, which included provocative symbols like marijuana leaves and skulls, was casual. Their price tags were not.
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A Painter’s Role? Capturing the Sparkle of a Gemstone
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
As one artist wrote: “Luxury is not found in the cold pixels of our phone or computer.”
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‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Review: Taking on a Bossa Nova Mystery
The New York Times – Film:
The pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior, on tour in Argentina during the right-wing dictatorship of the 1970s, vanished. This animated feature picks up the trail.
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‘Pictures of Ghosts’ Review: Layers of Love and Memory
The New York Times – Film:
The Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho draws on fact and fiction in this image-rich documentary that moves fast and far, but always returns home.
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Carlos Lyra, Composer Who Brought Finesse to Bossa Nova, Dies at 90
The New York Times – Music:
When Brazilian musicians fused samba with jazz and classical influences in the 1950s and ’60s, he was among the first, and the best.