Capitão Nascimento arrives home in a nervous mood. His first child is due any day. But that is not the only thing on his mind. He worries about the favelas in Rio de Janeiro. His mind is breaking.

“Elite Squad” is director Jose Padilha‘s debut fiction film, though it is not the first time he has tackled the subject of violence in Rio de Janeiro; his tragic documentary “Bus 174” turned heads on ...

Violence toward the police in Latin America isn t a crime; it s an art form. (Remember the new Nuevo Laredo police chief who was killed his first day on the job? And the five police officers who were ...

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Armed men run through a favela in a scene from Tropa de Elite 2 As 2010 draws to a close, Brazilian cinema is reflecting on a success story that has broken a 34-year old box office record. Since 1976, ...

The Brazilian director José Padilha’s 2002 documentary Bus 174 told the story of a bus taken hostage by an unstable, underclass addict, and the carnage (all televised) that followed owing to police ...

WHEN news emerged that something called Elite Squadhad won the top prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival, more than a few wags expressed surprise that Steven Seagal was still making movies. That ...