Wagner Moura is not new to Hollywood, but the world has finally recognized him as a household name with his film The Secret Agent, for which he's officially earned an Oscar nomination.

At its best, spy cinema is one of the most engrossing and intense spectacles film has to offer. Whether it is in the form of the action-packed bombast and big set-piece splendor of the genre’s most ...

Armando Solimões, the mournful-eyed central character played by Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent, isn’t a government operative, despite the title of the film. He also isn’t undercover, exactly, though ...