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Short Film Saturday: Family Values
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 17, 2012
I was looking for a different film from the same production company that I couldn’t seem to locate. However, when I saw this I found it to be so zany, well-timed and hilarious that I just had to post it. No question about it. Enjoy! read more
Thankful for World Cinema: Summer Hours
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 15, 2012
Summer Hours is the latest film from acclaimed French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, probably most well-known for his film Irma Vep. This film examines a family dealing with the death of its matriarch. While this is a film that does have its occasional moments of clarity and near-brilliance, it is usual read more
Thankful for World Cinema: The Girl on the Train
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 14, 2012
The Girl on the Train, the latest film from French auteur André Téchiné perhaps most well known for his film Wild Reeds, examines the ramifications of the allegations by a girl who claims she was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack. Note: this review may contain spoilers. The film is interesting read more
Thankful for World Cinema: The White Ribbon
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 13, 2012
The White Ribbon is an incredible film that, if you have read reviews, is most definitely deserving of the resoundingly positive reviews its gotten. It is a film that knows there are never easy answers and trusts its audience to fill in blanks. Of course, this happens more often than not with foreig read more
Thankful for World Cinema: Sin Nombre
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 12, 2012
The film Sin Nombre opens up seeming promising enough. It tells the bound to collide tales of Casper (Edgar Flores) and new La Mara recruit Smiley (Kristian Ferrer) and a group of Honduran refugees featuring Sayra (Paulina Gaitan). With these two seemingly unrelated situations colliding and heading read more
Thankful for World Cinema: Les Vampires
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 11, 2012
Louis Feuillade’s classic six hour plus serial Les Vampires had disappeared from DVD for a while, before it recently resurfaced. I was lucky to have purchased this title at Christmas when it was still readily available – it’s now back in full force. Unfortunately, Feuillade’ read more
Short Film Saturday: Motherland
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 10, 2012
What’s curious is that both this week’s and next week’s selection are films I encountered when seeking out different films entirely. In the case of this film, I was seeking a comedy called Motherland instead came across this stark, artistic, wide open to interpretation film produce read more
Thankful for World Cinema: Before Tomorrow
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 9, 2012
Before Tomorrow is the conclusion of a trilogy of films about the Inuit people being shot in Canada. The first being Fast Runner, which I saw and loved, and The Diary of Knud Rasmussen, which somehow was missed. It is a thematic trilogy, and not a sequential trilogy, following more in the European t read more
Thankful for World Cinema: North Sea Texas
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 8, 2012
This past weekend the Belgian Film North Sea Texas opened in New York and Los Angeles. I was fortunate enough to watch this film in July when it screened at Q Fest in Philadelphia. Based on the plot synopsis I had hopes that it would be a good film, what I didn’t expect was for the film to be read more
Thankful for World Cinema: The Witman Boys
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 7, 2012
The Witman Boys is an example of subtlety and nuance building slowly to a crescendo through the entirety of a film. It is a film which doesn’t need sensationalism to convey delinquency or to make it seem palpable, and, in fact, possible. The film begins almost immediately with the boys losing read more
Americanization: How Le Grand Chemin Became Paradise- Le Grand Chemin (Part 3 of 3)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 6, 2012
Le Grand chemin Written and Directed by Jean-Loup Hubert
Unlike Paradise, Le Grand chemin takes place in June of 1958. The back drop of the Algerian War will play a role in this film and is a cultural detail that just doesn’t translate to an American version. We open on the much cozier read more
Americanization: How Le Grand Chemin Became Paradise- Paradise (Part 2 of 3)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 4, 2012
Paradise Directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue
Touchstone Pictures Jean Francois Lepetit Paradise begins at a private school where Willard (Elijah Wood) meets Clay and they talk about where they’re going for the summer. Clay is going to his summer home in Colorado. Willard lies and says he’s read more
Americanization: How Le Grand Chemin Became Paradise- Introduction (Part 1 of 3)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 3, 2012
In Godard’s latest film [as of this writing], Éloge de l’amour, there is a scene where an old couple is selling their life story, as it pertains to the French Resistance. A lawyer representing Steven Spielberg is stopped by their granddaughter while reading the contract. A debate ensues because read more
A Journey from Narrative to Documentary with Werner Herzog
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 2, 2012
Werner Herzog is a very interesting figure with whom the typical film enthusiast may not be familiar. However, if you believe that all films are run-of-the-mill, and that documentaries cannot compare to narrative fiction films, allow Herzog to demonstrate the opposite. With these titles you can beco read more
Thankful for World Cinema 2012 Introduction
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 1, 2012
I’ve done this theme a few times. I started it on The Site That Must Not Be Named, but my focus was too narrow (The first year it was just Old World, tying it to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday). The idea now is to take some days to focus specific on World Cinema. World meaning made outside read more
The Magic Empire
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 1, 2012
I was recently wrote a guest post on Unkommon about the Lucasfilm/Disney deal. You can read it here. read more
61 Days of Halloween: Friday the 13th Part 6
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Oct 31, 2012
Most holidays worth their while encompass entire seasons, such as Christmas, for example. However, as you may have noticed there is a corporate push every year for us to think about the next holiday even sooner. While this has many negative side effects I figure I may as well embrace it. Since Labor read more
Book Review: Stephen King Goes to the Movies
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Oct 30, 2012
On occasion when I read a book that links either tenuously or directly to film I will review it here. When Stephen King Goes to the Movies was initially set to be published the impression that it gave was of a book that would be as much a memoir/behind-the-scenes as it would be a regurgitation of so read more
61 Days of Halloween: Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Oct 29, 2012
Most holidays worth their while encompass entire seasons, such as Christmas, for example. However, as you may have noticed there is a corporate push every year for us to think about the next holiday even sooner. While this has many negative side effects I figure I may as well embrace it. Since Labor read more
61 Days of Halloween: Friday the 13th Part III
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Oct 28, 2012
Most holidays worth their while encompass entire seasons, such as Christmas, for example. However, as you may have noticed there is a corporate push every year for us to think about the next holiday even sooner. While this has many negative side effects I figure I may as well embrace it. Since Labor read more