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My Ballot: Jameson Empire Awards 2014
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 25, 2014
Yup, it’s another My Ballot post. It’s not even that I intended to do another one of these so soon, but I saw this pop up yesterday and felt compelled to fill it out, even with my viewership of all these candidates not being very high. I am sure I won’t be nearly this inclined to f read more
Short Film Saturday: Max Linder
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 22, 2014
Max in a Taxi (1917) Max Wants a Divorce (1917) read more
My Ballot: LIONS for LAMBs
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 19, 2014
The Lions are awards voted on by members of LAMB, the world’s largest movie blogging community. Last year since they were both write-ins I combined these picks with my OMIEs post. This year the former had a field of selections so they deserve separate posts. This one is for those of us who are read more
The Human Stain, The Reader and the Self-Damnation of Silence
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 19, 2014
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My Ballot: 2014 OMIEs
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 18, 2014
The OMIEs are an award, that’s voted on by users on the blog Flixploitation. It honors those the Oscars overlook. This year’s OMIEs ballot takes a slightly different approach than last year’s. Rather than being all write-ins there are suggestions for nominees. You can find them her read more
Updates: 2014 So Far
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 12, 2014
OK, this used to be, for the short time it existed last year, a bi-weekly (or so), post. Well, the beginning of this year has been a bit hectic, and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime too soon. I do have to find time to draft posts that will keep the site current and more man read more
My Radar 2014
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 2, 2014
This is a list I started last year to try and track some necessary viewing. It will serve as an unofficial checklist for my BAM Awards. I will not hold up the awards in anticipation of seeing these films. A deadline is a deadline. It will help me either define Gray Area films or keep an eye out for read more
Short Film Saturday: A Chairy Tale
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 1, 2014
This was a film I saw shortly after watching Claude Jutra’s Mon Oncle Antoine. It’s a funny little short about a man and his chair who don’t understand one another (you’ll see what I mean). Also noteworthy is the score by Ravi Shankar. read more
Considerations for Favorite Older Film of 2014
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 31, 2014
Here is where I will assemble the titles that will have an opportunity to make a list wherein I chronicle my favorite vintage titles that I first saw during the last calendar year. It is a concept introduced to me by Brian Saur that I have done since 2011. Here is the 2011 version. The 2012 version read more
MY Ballot: 2014 EE BAFTA Rising Star Award
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 21, 2014
Whenever there is a publicly-voted award in the film world I will share my thoughts and vote here. The first thing that bears saying is that I may have to mark down on my calendar other open-to-public-voting awards through the year so that I manage to post in this series more than once in a year. Re read more
Foreign language Film Issues 2013: A Simple Plan (Part 5 of 5)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 18, 2014
A Simple Plan I didn’t initially think of a plan to propose for this year, but a rather simple solution came to mind. I think that using the existing rule about qualifying American of English-language films with regards to running time and a one-week engagement in Los Angeles (maybe for this c read more
Foreign Language Film Issues 2013: Hollywood Rules (Part 4 of 5)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 17, 2014
As has been the case in years past I will here look at some of the issues plaguing the Best Foreign Language Film nomination process at the Oscars. Since this year I am touching on a large array of interrelated topics I thought it best to post my thoughts in a series. To read the introductory post o read more
Tarzan Thursday: Tarzan’s Revenge (1938)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 16, 2014
Introduction In 2012 the character of Tarzan celebrated his 100th year in print. A serialized version of the story first appeared in 1912. A hardcover collection of Tarzan of the Apes first appeared in 1914. Being in the middle of the Tarzan centennial period it’s an opportune time to (re)visit many read more
The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, 1944: Carmen Miranda, The Three Caballeros and the Good Neighbor Policy
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 14, 2014
Introduction and Approach With the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon it was always my feeling that there was, and is, only so much of any given time period that one can truly discuss given the confines of a blog post. Truly if you’re looking at an artform such as film one that was so fru read more
Favorite Older Films First Viewed in 2013 (Part 1 of 5)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 12, 2014
This is an idea I first saw on Rupert Pupkin Speaks. The idea is to list your favorite films from the past year that you saw for the first time, but exclude new releases. This allows much more variety and creates a lot of great suggestions if you read many of them. Since I tracked these films much m read more
Best Horror Films of 2013
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 11, 2014
While my total for viewed films overall was up in 2013 the new horror that I saw was down. Due to that I decided that a top 10 would be more prudent and meaningful. That does not mean, however, that these are the only horror films I liked. I have created a Letterboxd list that ranks the horror I saw read more
2013 Neutron Star Award
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 9, 2014
Introduction OK, so what is the Neutron Star Award? As I watched older selections through the year, I was frequently compelled to pick a film based on the fact that Vincent Price was in it. When I was younger I was very actor-oriented, more so than with directors. The fact that an actor had that kin read more
2013 Ingmar Bergman Lifetime Achievement Award
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jan 9, 2014
2013 Ingmar Bergman Lifetime Achievement Award “Me sitting down for dinner with Ingmar Bergman felt like a house painter sitting down with Picasso.” -Woody Allen, interview with Esquire Magazine 6/4/2013 Woody Allen I saw a tweet over the summer, leading up to the release of Blue Jasmine read more