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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guest Ingrid Machado, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.

This week, Walter Salles’ Ainda Estou Aqui.

In 1970s Brazil, the Paiva family lives a charmed and tranquil existence. As the country around them slips into dictatorship, the family has managed to hold on to something close to normality. However, that peaceful life is suddenly and brutally shattered as the outside world comes crashing in.

At time of recording, it was ranked 228th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 3oth May 2025.
• Ainda Estou Aqui at The Internet Movie Database.
• Visit ingrid-machado.com.
• Visit Solax Film Club on Instagram.
• Visit Solax Film Club on Facebook.
• Andrew Pullver at The Guardian considers the path that I’m Still Here took to winning the Best International Film, March 2025.
• Mark Olsen writes at The Los Angeles Times about the surprise success of Fernanda Torres at the Golden Globes, January 2025.
• Naiara Galarraga Gortázar writes at El País about the success enjoyed by I’m Still Here at the Golden Globe, January 2025.
• Nate Jones at Vulture considers the surprise nominations for the Academy Awards, January 2025.
• Rahul Malhotra at Collider considers the box office success of I’m Still Here, March 2025.
• The Lighthouse Cinema reports on its biggest weekend ever, February 2025.
• Alex Ritman at Variety reports on the success of I’m Still Here at the British box office, March 2025.
• Gabriela Sá Pessoa at The Associated Press reports on the popularity of Fernanda Torres at Carnival, March 2025.
• Jeremy Kay at ScreenDaily reports on The Room Next Door and I’m Still Here as awards contenders for Sony Pictures Classics, October 2024.
• Naiara Galarraga Gortázar profiles Walter Salles for El País, March 2025.
• Lucía García writes at The Latin Times about Walter Salles as a billionaire, March 2025.
• Walter Salles talks to Vanity Fair about making I’m Still Here, February 2025.
• Eléonore Hughes writes in The Associated Press about the case of Clarice Herzog, February 2025.
• Jonathan Watts at The Guardian reports on the right-wing appeals for a military coup, March 2015.
• Vincent Bevins at The Los Angeles Times reports on the findings of Brazil’s National Truth Commission, December 2014.
• Ana Ionova and Jack Nicas write at The New York Times about the effect that I’m Still Here has had on Brazilian politics, February 2025.
• Eleonore Hughes writes at Al Jazeera about the reckoning that I’m Still Here has brought about in Brazil, February 2025.
• Tom Phillips writes in The Guardian about the attempted military coup in Brazil following the 2022 election, November 2024.
• The Guardian reports on the expansive approach that the Brazilian Supreme Court has taken to the trail of Bolsonaro, April 2025.
• Caryn James writes at The BBC about the timeliness of I’m Still Here, February 2025.
• Catriona Harvey-Jenner writes at Cosmopolitan about using coca cola as a tanning aid, June 2017.
• Reggie Ugwu at The New York Times compiles an oral history of the #OscarsSoWhite movement, February 2020.
• Scott Feinberg writes at The Hollywood Reporter about the Oscars success of Parasite, February 2025.
• Simon Tisdall at The Guardian writes about the lurch of global politics to the right, June 2023.
• Suzanne Lynch writes at Politico about the shift in European politics towards the right, June 2024.
• Archie Bland writes at The Guardian about Ireland’s rejection of Europe’s general lurch to the right, December 2024.
• Nicholas Barber writes at The BBC of the political undertones of the Oscar nominations, January 2025.
• David Simms reviews I’m Still Here for The Atlantic, January 2025.
• Larry Rohter writes at The New York Times about the legacy of Operation Condor, January 2014.
• Walter Salles talks to The Irish Times about how he considers Fernanda Torres a “co-author” of I’m Still Here, February 2025.
• Fernanda Torres reviews I’m Still Here for Veja Rio, February 2017.
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