The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on December 21, 2014

As you may or may not know Disney and TCM recently struck a deal which includes not only TCM’s assistance with the Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios, but also allows TCM to start air Disney titles that are rarer. It’s the sort of aficionado fare Disney used to embrace...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on December 20, 2014

As has been noted here before, Edison was not just a technical innovator in film but he also brought many stories to the screen for the first time. Here is another very fitting for this holiday season.   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on December 18, 2014

If you’re not already aware of Open Culture you should bookmark or follow them for they are great resource. One post on their site notified me to the fact that the films of Andrei Tarkovsky are online legitimately. In the case of his last student film: the great The Steamroller...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on December 13, 2014

I’ve already mentioned on more than one occasion that it was Thomas Edison’s studio that brought many a classic piece of literature to the screen for, if not the first, one of the first times. Here’s a very brief and very early filmic rendition of one of my favorite all-time...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on December 11, 2014

If you’re not already aware of Open Culture you should bookmark or follow them for they are great resource. One post on their site notified me to the fact that the films of Andrei Tarkovsky are online legitimately. In the case of his last student film: the great The Steamroller...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on December 6, 2014

This is a short film you’ve likely seen by now. I lost count of how many times I saw it in film school. It may not be my favorite, but it is a textbook example of structuring a short and building a tale visually. Enjoy!   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on December 4, 2014

If you’re not already aware of Open Culture you should bookmark or follow them for they are great resource. One post on their site notified me to the fact that the films of Andrei Tarkovsky are online legitimately. In the case of his last student film: the great The Steamroller...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 30, 2014

Typically on my calendar what you will find is that the end of the year runs one theme into another from 61 Days of Halloween to Thankful for World Cinema to the Year-End Dash. While the prior two tie a specific genre or niche to the time period the time...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 29, 2014

I believe in nothing before its time, which is why even though I’ve seen it, and it’s already quite popular on YouTube; I am only posting this holiday-themed film from Burberry now. While I have discussed in the past that commercial-films can be artful (See example one and two). This...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 22, 2014

This is an important short film on a number of levels: In no particular order: it was added to the National Film Registry in 1998, it’s topical yet again and always has been; and it’s a Chaplin film that works as a great intro to his work as an actor,...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 20, 2014

If you’re not already aware of Open Culture you should bookmark or follow them for they are great resource. One post on their site notified me to the fact that the films of Andrei Tarkovsky are online legitimately. In the case of his last student film: the great The Steamroller...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 19, 2014

Film Review 
Astral City: A Spiritual Journey tells the story of André Luiz (Renato Prieto), a doctor, as he journeys from life to Umbral, a kind of purgatory, and the afterlife in Nosso Lar, where he ultimately has to adjust to his death and prepare for eventual reincarnation. With this...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 15, 2014

A simple dialogue-free tale about a young boy’s crush on a new older neighbor. Intriguing primitive design to the characters, well done all around. Enjoy! Blik from Polder Animation on Vimeo.   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 13, 2014

If you’re not already aware of Open Culture you should bookmark or follow them for they are great resource. One post on their site notified me to the fact that the films of Andrei Tarkovsky are online legitimately. In the case of his last student film: the great The Steamroller...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 10, 2014

Auteur criticism is a very particular brand of film critique and study in which one focuses on a particular director. Now this may seem like highly involved stuff, however, it need not be so complicated. If you like complications, and are a perfectionist, you can read biographies and the like,...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 9, 2014

The Criterion Collection packaged two of the most influential short films of all time on one great, yet stripped-down DVD package. They are both written and directed by the same man, Albert Lamorisse. Both are the recipients of many awards and have quite a few narrative similarities and as such...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 8, 2014

I am not the audiophile my brother is so my lamentations of the lack of creativity in the music video is usually unfounded and based on a very ignorant familiarity with solely mainstream offerings. It’s usually on the independent scene in both film and music where the mavericks can be...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 7, 2014

In 8 ½ Federico Fellini uses the Catholic Church as a means to depict Guido’s isolation from society and by the end of the film we see how the church has completely outcast him and also how he has completely abandoned the Church. For it always works both ways. As...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 6, 2014

In 8 ½ Federico Fellini uses the Catholic Church as a means to depict Guido’s isolation from society and by the end of the film we see how the church has completely outcast him and also how he has completely abandoned the Church. For it always works both ways. As...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on November 5, 2014

On December 7th the Brooklyn Academy of Music had a very special speaking engagement at their Harvey Theater location. Liv Ullmann, star of many of Ingmar Bergman’s most enduring and legendary works was the guest of honor of this very special speaking engagement. The event was held on the very   read more