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.

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.

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

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 I’m Still Here star addressed the video in a statement to Deadline. “Almost 20 years ago, I appeared in Blackface in a comedy sketch from a Brazilian TV show,” she said in her statement.

Film highlights Eunice Paiva's struggle under Brazil's military regime Torres emphasizes film's civic duty to depict authoritarianism Brazilian cinema seeks global recognition and investment SAO ...

We have got to look at ways in which we can help people ... study on Holocaust survivors, reporting about 245,000 people who had survived it were still alive. Almost half of those lived in Israel ...

“I still just don’t understand it.” No one does. Eight decades on – after countless books, films, documentaries, plays and studies – Auschwitz and the Holocaust continue to defy understandin