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...

All the 11 films of the Euro 2016 Book + Film Spotlight  have now been viewed and the top 3 are selected. Starting 11 France:  Dhee...

Like most years, my end of the year list is highly dependent on film festivals which serve as an unofficial distribution model for a majo...

It is always hard to put together an end of the year list when one does not have reasonable access to films from around the world. In previo...

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...