by Matthew Arruda | Feb 11, 2026 | De Nova Iorque
With the 98th Academy Awards soon approaching this March, I’ve been making sure to watch as many nominations as I possibly can. While perusing the nominations in the International Feature Film category, I also checked which countries entered films into the...
by Matthew Arruda | Feb 4, 2026 | De Nova Iorque
We have reached the climax of Miguel Gomes’ Arabian Nights trilogy with the final segment, The Enchanted One. Going into this film, I wondered how Gomes would wrap up such an absurdist and somber epic. Of course, he would smash any expectations I would...
by Matthew Arruda | Jan 28, 2026 | De Nova Iorque
Last month, I began watching Miguel Gomes’s three-part film, Arabian Nights by reviewing its first volume, The Restless One. I was interested to see how Gomes would incorporate the famed folklore collection Arabian Nights into a film far from the Middle East...
by Matthew Arruda | Jan 7, 2026 | Pedra de Toque
As celebrações natalinas contagiam toda gente com sua mística inigualável, despertando sonhos e desejos, embalando a saudade, consolando a tristeza, partilhando a alegria, formulando votos de paz, de amizade e de muito amor. Aí reside toda a magia do Natal que...
by Matthew Arruda | Dec 10, 2025 | Consultório Jurídico
Questões sobre a usucapião são frequentes, seja quanto ao seu significado, seja quanto à sua legitimidade. No senso comum, persiste a ideia de que bastaria ocupar um imóvel alheio por determinado lapso temporal para adquirir automaticamente a sua propriedade. Contudo,...
