The Scarlet Scorpion

The Scarlet Scorpion 1990

5.50

Anjo, a millionaire playboy who moonlights as a crime fighter, leaps into action when his arch-nemesis, the Scarlet Scorpion, kidnaps a beautiful fashion designer.

1990

The Seven Vampires

The Seven Vampires 1986

5.00

A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious, vampiresque deaths happening at a nightclub show.

1986

At Midnight with Glauber Rocha

At Midnight with Glauber Rocha 1997

1

A late-1960s interview with Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, mixed in avant-garde style with scenes from his films and clips from fellow filmmaker José Mojica Marins and visual artist Hélio Oiticica.

1997

Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália 1992

1

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings to his suicide at the age of 28.

1992

Hi-Fi

Hi-Fi 1999

5.00

A deep dive into the history of São Paulo's avant-garde poetry movement, starting from fragments of the works of poet Augusto de Campos. A collage of rare scenes shows a long trail of comradery between avant-garde poetry and experimental cinema.

1999

O ABC do Amor de Tim Maia

O ABC do Amor de Tim Maia 1995

1

Filmmaker Ivan Cardoso gathers with Brazilian Soul Music legend Tim Maia for a sincere, informal conversation. In a true ABC of emotions, the singer discusses his impressions on love, sex, drugs, passion and jealously.

1995

Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy

Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy 2020

10.00

A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's original rebel. In the end, Corman himself blesses Cardoso by saying: "You blended horror, sex and humour very well. And particularly the editing is very good because the film never lagged or slowed down". Which film? This one!

2020

Heliorama

Heliorama 2004

1

A collage of newsreels, trailers, clips and other visionary and unseen fragments of sight and sound regarding the late plastic artist Helio Oititica.

2004

Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo

Las Confisiones de un Hombre Lobo 2021

1

A beautiful film-interview by Ivan Cardoso, made during the shooting of A Werewolf in Amazonia in 2005, with the astonishing Paul Naschy!

2021

Gal Fa-Tal

Gal Fa-Tal 1971

6.00

Shot in 1971 during Gal Costa's famous concert "Gal Fa-tal" in Rio de Janeiro's Sucata Nightclub, Ivan Cardoso's eponymous Super-8 short film shows the singer both in and off stage, interlapsed with scenes from Cardoso's "Nosferato no Brasil".

1971