Cinearte was a Brazilian magazine about cinema, which was founded in Rio de Janeiro on March 3, 1926, having ended its circulation in 1942, after 561 editions.

Historic

When cinematographic production began in Brazil, the influence of the media played an important role in cultural formation, and cinema became a point of reference in the construction of customs in the country.[1] Thus, in Rio de Janeiro, "Cinearte" was born, a magazine that presented a place for the debate on the development of the Brazilian film industry.

The population of the city of Rio de Janeiro, at the beginning of the century, was around 1,157,000 inhabitants, and there were 76 spaces destined to the exhibition of films in 1926.[2] At the turn of the century, the small press was no longer limited to local and familiar matters to give way to the large press, causing the need and demand for film criticism in newspapers and literary magazines, which resulted in the first publications specialized in the field. Subject. The importation and dissemination of foreign productions began, reaching the consumer market and establishing an entire cultural industry around film production; the race for information and its consequences on the population reached Brazilian editorial production, with the emergence of several spaces for critical discussion. Several magazines emerged then, such as A Fita (1913), Revista dos Cinemas (1917), Palcos e Telas (1918), Cine Revista (1919), A Tela e Artes e Artistas (1920), Telas e Ribaltas and A Scena Muda. (1921) and Photo-Film (1922)

Cena Muda ended its useful life in May 1955, establishing itself as one of the greatest magazines in the historiography of Brazilian cinema, being the only one that crossed the silent period until the sound period, together with Cinearte.