From monumental New Year’s Eves to the Todo Mundo no Rio project, how the beach became a symbolic arena for millions and a cultural strategy for the city
Tag: Miscelana in English
Selected Miscelana articles available in English. Here you’ll find cultural analysis, reviews, and essays on cinema, television, literature, and pop culture, translated from the original Portuguese to reach a wider international audience
Shakira in Copacabana: the possible setlist for a historic night
Between the current tour and three decades of global hits, what could carry more weight on the beach in May
The Art of Losing at the Oscars, According to Diane Warren
The Most Nominated Songwriter Without a Win and the Eternal Almost of Original Song
Hijack Recap: Blackout on the Train and Final Bomb
Jess exposed, Sam cornered, and Petra proves she was the only lucid one
The Dreadful: Jon and Sansa Finally Together Outside Game of Thrones
The gothic horror film that turns the Jonsa subphenomenon into a deliberate provocation, reuniting Sophie Turner and Kit Harington as lovers
The 10 Best Book-to-Film and TV Adaptations
When cinema and television understand books beyond literal fidelity
“Wuthering Heights” through Emerald Fennell’s lens
When adaptation becomes aesthetic reinterpretation and moral hollowing
The Fate of the Characters of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Baelor Breakspear’s death reshapes Westeros and seals the future of Egg, Dunk, and an entire generation of Targaryens
The Silence Surrounding the 2026 Oscars
When cinema’s biggest awards lose conflict before losing relevance
Why The Savant, Jessica Chastain’s Series, Still Hasn’t Premiered?
Announced, dated, delayed, and stranded in the limbo of “coming soon,” The Savant exposes how uncomfortable platforms still are with stories that stare directly at the present
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