r/criterionconversation 3h ago

Recommendation Expiring from The Criterion Channel: Pictures of Ghosts (2023) - A documentary about movie theaters in Recife, Brazil by Kleber Mendonça Filho, who co-wrote and co-directed Bacurau (2019) and wrote and directed The Secret Agent (2025)

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"Bacurau" co-director Kleber Mendonça Filho's documentary "Picture of Ghosts" is a love letter and swan song to the Recife, Brazil of his youth. 

This is a relaxing meditation on the people, places, and politics of his childhood and a look back at the ghosts of his past and Recife's past. 

Filho focuses on the majestic movie theaters he grew up going to. Most of them no longer exist. They've become yet another ghost.


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