Lívia Reim·Feb 24How Media Shaped Carnival, The Biggest Party in The WorldWhen Carnival first arrived in the Americas with the Portuguese, it was known as entrudo and consisted of spontaneous street gatherings…
Lívia Reim·Dec 28, 2025With Films like “The Secret Agent,” Kleber Mendonca Filho Makes the Specific, UniversalIn a world of prequels, sequels, and remakes, Kleber Mendonca Filho goes a different direction. His stories are specific, bending genre to…
Lívia Reim·Oct 15, 2025“Homem com H” Shows Us Queer Liberation’s Path in BrazilPride month 2025 is finishing up, and I want to remind you that the U.S.’s journey isn’t the only one. The fight for LGBTQIA+ rights takes…
Lívia Reim·May 28, 2025Why Don’t Americans Read Machado de Assis?When Courtney Henning Novak posted her Brazil video for the “Read Around The World Challenge,” she had no idea who Machado de Assis was…
Lívia Reim·Jan 22, 2025Fernanda Torres and Brazil’s Complicated History with the OscarsAinda Estou Aqui (I’m Still Here) tells the story of Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), an activist who started her work after the military…
Lívia Reim·Dec 16, 2024Five Brazilian Noir Films to Watch NowWhen I say “film noir,” I bet black-and-white films come to mind, complete with harsh lighting, private detectives, and femme fatales. The…
Lívia Reim·Sep 16, 2024The Rise of Queer Characters in Brazilian TelenovelasSouth America has a long history with telenovelas and Brazil is no different. Going all the way back to the 19th-century newspaper serial…
Lívia Reim·Aug 9, 2024Art, Community and Accessibility on a Brazilian Tropical IslandIn Brazil, local cinema has been deeply affected by the predatory Hollywood business model.
Lívia Reim·Jun 27, 2024The Cartoon-Network-to-Horror-Fan PipelineMy siblings and I grew up watching Cartoon Network. And while in different levels of interest, it is fair to say all of us grew into big…
Lívia Reim·Jun 27, 2024Why Brazilian Horror MattersBrazilians love horror. Just in 2023, Talk To Me became one of the highest-grossing films in the country, with half a million tickets sold…
