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Senna: The Life of a Racing Legend

Asif Kapadia wasn’t even that big a racing fan when he began making Senna, one of the best sports documentaries of recent years, which rolls out this month to theaters around the country. But like many sports fans of a certain age, he knew the basic outline of the plot.  read more

Song Premiere: Superhuman Happiness + Cults - “Um Canto de Afoxé para o Bloco do Ilê”

Listen to Cults' contribution to the recently released charity compilation Red Hot Rio 2.  read more

Favela On Blast DVD

Release Date: Available Now Director: Leandro HBL, Wesley “Diplo” Pentz Cinematographer: Leandro HBL Starring: James Mason, Barbara Rush Studio: Mad Decent The hills are alive with the sound of booty music...  read more

Kathryn Bigelow's Latest Project Gets South American Resistance

Since winning an Oscar this year for her film The Hurt Locker, you’d think anyone would be thrilled to work with Kathryn Bigelow. But the director’s latest project, a high-energy film about the legendarily smuggler and terrorist-related Triple Border area between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, is running into roadblocks....  read more

A Permanent Exile: The Tragedy of Vinicius Gageiro Marques

The 14-year-old boy’s face is pixelated, draped in shadow. He holds a guitar. His hair is shaggy, his eyes dark...  read more

Gilberto Gil: An Exit Interview

Gilberto Gil, the onetime tropicalismo dissident, has returned to his life as a massive global superstar...  read more

Eduardo Recife Finds His Footing

One of Eduardo Recife’s earliest artistic memories is of a robbery. One night after dark, he and a friend were midway through their first attempt at pixaçao, a Brazilian...  read more

Various Artists: Brazil Classics at 20: Anti-Aging Solutions Revealed

Arbitrary mix of great Brazilian groovesDrew Friedman’s Spy cartoon once depicted David Byrne peering from behind a tropical bush, only to discover Paul Simon peering back. But much of the former Talking Head’s pan-global cultural acquisition initially—and authentically—took place at the record store. While the rhythms and strategies of Brazilian Tropicália and bossa nova have certainly found their way into Byrne’s music, he has more significantly been what Malcolm Gladwell would call a maven....  read more

Paulo Coelho

The author of renowned book The Alchemist explores magic this time out through...  read more

The Reign of the Profane

Though CSS has shed the overt pop of its 2006 debut (which spawned the highest ever Billboard charting single for a Brazilian artist, “Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex”), the true nation of origin for the electro-punks’ Sub Pop follow-up, Donkey, is still the dancefloor...  read more