Walter Salles

Here’s what you didn’t see in some of the best picture Oscar contenders

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Directors, and their editors, must be brutal in their final cuts. Scenes that were conceived, written and often even already shot sometimes must be sliced and diced out — for a variety of reasons: to keep the tension cranked up, to create a little mystery, to keep down the running time. Well, sometimes that’s an … Read more

Fernanda Torres is making the Oscar run of her life. For Brazilians, she’s already won something larger

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Speaking to The Times in 2019, Brazilian acting legend Fernanda Montenegro described receiving an Academy Award nomination 20 years earlier for her role in Walter Salles’ “Central Station” — and her extensive campaigning for it — as “a trip to Jupiter.” Montenegro’s stateside recognition was unprecedented: the first time a Brazilian actor competed at the … Read more