Movies I Watched - March 2026 "Life and Death in the Badlands"

Back to February 2026. All of these were part of the Super Saturday Movie Club, whose monthly theme this time was "Brazilian Westerns". Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol [Black God, White Devil] (1964)I genuinely came in expecting a slow, artsy, meditative experience with concrete-art-like nonsensical monologues about stuff you can't quite make out, with a lot of loose words thrown around with not a lot of rhyme or reason. Instead, I was served a delicious meal of rich metaphors, energetic acting, killer shots, and such strong art direction that I was honestly at a loss for words. No one had ever told me this was, in broad terms, a historical movie, following pretty closely the story of Corisco, widely believed to be the last cangaceiro. A massive tour the force that rightly raised the bar for the entire Cinema Novo movement. 10/10. O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro [Antonio das Mortes] (1969)Same director, similar story, just five years apart, but this one is way more…