Scribbles and Ramblings

Genus Pan (2020, Philippines, Lav Diaz) Genus Pan , Courtesy of Sine Olivia Pilipinas As with any Lav Diaz film, the running time is often m...

The camera zips around a small room, then down the stairs, looks around the surroundings and then rises above the building to give a view o...

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

Asian Spotlight, Filipino Films Two years I had not seen a single film from the Philippines. Then at VIFF 2006, I came across Jeffrey Jet...

Cinema, Cafes, Crêpes, Curry, Beer and plenty of rain: 24 films in 6 days!! That total is even more remarkable considering I only st...