Scribbles and Ramblings

Doing a deep dive into a specific region or nation’s cinema often reveals blindspots and gaps in one’s knowledge. This proved to be case whe...

Every year I look forward to the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) in order to catch-up with some of the best Canadian & fore...

The Artist (2011, France/Belgium, Michel Hazanavicius) Once upon a time, a megastar was effortlessly able to charm his audience. He smil...

The following words stand out from Anthony Lane's article for the New Yorker : There’s only one problem with home cinema: it doesn’t e...

Just a brief mention of some worthy newer films from around the world. Some of these films will surely end up in my year end best list. No...

In theory it appeared to be a great idea -- Jean-Claude Van Damme playing a washed out action hero struggling to make ends meet, reflecting...

Otar has left with the Killer of Sheep We interrupt our regular programming with this breaking news!!! "Otar has left the country a...

October was supposed to be a relaxed month in terms of film viewing after all the film festival movies that I saw between Sept 20-Oct 4. But...

I am tired of people saying that there are no good movies being made currently and that the best cinema was back in the 50’s & 60’s. Ok,...