José Mojica Marins Movies

A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.

"Gurcius Gewdner Show" is the pilot of a nonsense humor program. Presented by the irreverent character that gives the program its title, it follows...

Guided by his doctor (or is it voices in his head?), a young director is given a mission: to go to Texas to make an abstract roadmovie...

Tired of the constant abuse he suffers in his household, a boy runs away from home and goes on a series of sad and dramatic adventures, in which he...

The film draws its references from the world of splatter horror that reigned on the shelves of video rental stores in the 1980s, a style of cinema in...

A group of kids embarks in a macabre adventure, full of characters from the Brazilian popular imaginary - the werewolf, a witch, a ghost, monsters...

A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's original rebel. In the end, Corman himself blesses...

15 directors telling 15 tales about São Paulo.

Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situations. In fact, the plot is just an excuse to...

A film portrait of Jose Mojica Marins.

A collection of Necrophagia's gory music videos featuring cameos by horror legends like Coffin Joe and Paul Naschy.

Ivan Cardoso is the inventor of the terrir, a subgenre that mixes comedy, Brazilian chanchadas and classic American horror. This film promotes a...

An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the...

An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.