Scribbles and Ramblings

This is an update to the previous Best Films of 2024 list. I finally now have 10 films ! Best Films of 2024 1.   No Other Land (Palestin...

Notes on all 18 Features of Hou Hsiao-hsien and a Top 10 list: Cute Girl (1980) Cheerful Wind (1981) The Green, Green Grass of Home (1...

The clock ticked from 1999 into 2000 and surprise! The World didn’t end! In order to celebrate the planet’s survival, the year 2000 ushered ...

The 1990s started an upward trend in Cinema led by the emergence of New Waves of Independent Cinema throughout the world. USA, India, Argent...

Spotlight on Alonso Ruizpalacios: Güeros (2014) Museo (2018) A Cop Movie (2021) La Cocina (2024) The four films cover teenager/col...

Spotlight on these early shorts and features of Stanley Kubrick: Flying Padre (1951, 9 min doc short) Day of Fight (1951, 16 min doc sho...

For the longest time, I felt that the 1980s were a transition year for cinema. The stellar quality of World Cinema from the 1960s were absen...