'The Secret Agent' (2025, Dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho) w/ Ryder C.
About this episode
Ryder C. joins Matt and Corbin to discuss the film 'The Secret Agent' and its themes related to Brazil's military dictatorship.
Ryder C. joins Matt and Corbs to discuss "The Secret Agent," a drama film that uses the rythyms of historical research to tell a story about a man getting suqeezed by the military dictatorship in 1970's Brazil. It's a cool movie, scope it out. Matt rec . Ryder's rec sounds cool but is hard to find on streaming. Perhaps you can take a journey and find it. Corbin reccomends a movie currently in theaters. Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing . Matt is also on there . We also got a Bluesky going. Our next episode is about RAN. Watch it here .
People in this episode
Hosts: Matt, Corbin
Guest: Ryder C.
Topics covered
- film review
- historical drama
- Brazil
- military dictatorship
- streaming recommendations
Keywords
- The Secret Agent
- Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Brazil
- 1970s
- film recommendations
- Bluesky
- RAN
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bluesky
Books & works: The Secret Agent, RAN
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