Catching up (a little) on blogging... ResFest's 10th edition came and went, marking its first year at the Cinemateca Brasileira's new location in the Vila Mariana neighborhood. While it's hard to reach the place without a car (I never learned how to drive one anyway), getting there is worth the effort -- the venue is incredible, by far the most comfortable theater in the city for the cultural frenzy of a film festival. After hearing an appropriately bossa nova-themed set from ex-Cibo Matto singer Miho Hatori, I caught a session of surprisingly strong Brazilian shorts, the highlight of which (for me) was Paulo Caruso's "Alphaville d.c. 2007". The film focuses on a French-speaking cowboy (his name: "I am the third person plural. I am they.") who avenges the Third World in an infamous gated community outside of São Paulo. Bizarrely philosophical and often hilarious, it's great experimental filmmaking that manages a scathing social commentary without sacrificing entertainment.