Scribbles and Ramblings

Compiling a best of the decade list using only top 10 film lists from 2003-12 resulted in omissions from many of the best directors in the...

I have always refrained from assessing whether a particular year had a good cinematic output mostly because a majority of foreign films wer...

2012 was a really good year in Canadian cinema as demonstrated by the titles below but also by a few that narrowly failed to make the list ...

It goes without saying that an end of the year list depends on access to quality films from around the world. And my access to those qualit...

There have been many worthy films in 2012 but also many more fine performances and great visuals. So I created a separate entry just to hig...

I expected a slow down in film viewing this year and was certain I would finally drop below 300 films per year. It turns out that I ended ...

The Calgary International Film Festival kicks off today, Sept 20, with the much anticipated opening gala of Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Child...