Fernanda Torres gives a complex, Oscar-nominated performance as Brazilian activist Eunice Paiva, whose search for her "disappeared" congressman-husband made headlines.
Directed by The Motorcycle Diaries and Central Station 's Walter Salles, Brazil's entry in the Best International Feature Film race — as well as a welcome but unexpected nominee for Best Picture — I'm Still Here is a movie about horror,
The film follows the Paiva family living a seemingly idyllic life in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, until one night there's a knock at the door. WBUR critic Sean Burns says the Oscar-nominated feature is "a calming,
In the real-life story of “I’m Still Here,” Eunice Paiva must find a new way to live after her family is separated during the Brazilian dictatorship in the 1970s. For Walter Salles, directing joy onscreen flows so naturally it’s almost documentary-like.
Memorial plaque outside Victor Klemperer’s former apartment building in Berlin. The text below his name reads: “In his diaries from the time of the National-Socialist dictatorship, he left behind a unique testimony about the everyday persecution of Jews in a German city.” Source: Author’s photo, 26 January 2025.
A Rochester Holocaust survivor said he is alive today because of a Christian family who hid him in Holland as a child. Carl Wetzstein shared his story as a speaker Monday night for International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
At 90 years old, Allan Hall is one of the dwindling population of Holocaust survivors left in the United States who is alive to share his life’s story. And share he does. Hall, who moved to Miami in 1952,
The global success of Brazilian movie "I'm Still Here" -- riding high after three Oscars nominations -- has set off a national fervor usually reserved for Carnaval or the football
In trying times, political films are nothing new. One of cinema’s most essential functions is to inform its audience — to share the intricacies of another culture, another time period and another perspective.
Fresh off Oscar nominations for best picture, best actress and international feature, “I’m Still Here” is the kind of drama we need now.
Actor Fernanda Torres' Oscar nomination for "I'm Still Here" continues a family legacy ... her mom’s reaction to her Golden Globe win during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
The campaign for 'I'm Still Here' during awards season exceeded expectations by not only earning Oscar nominations for Best International Feature Film and Best Actress (Fernanda Torres ...