Scribbles and Ramblings

Wonders in the Dark is having a top 20 Scandinavian films poll. The list of countries also includes Iceland, so in essence, it is a Nordic ...

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

Entry #5 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight looks at the two Danish films. Applause (2009, Martin Zandvliet) Thea (Paprika S...

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...

Spotlight on Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn The motivation for the final spotlight of the year came after I was riveted by the raw a...

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...

Taylor's Way A quite incredible film that effortlessly switches gears between three different genres with considerable ease. The openi...

The 2010 Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) kicks off in less than 2 weeks time. The film selections continue to grow in technical...

Group E -- Holland, Cameroon, Japan, Denmark Films: Amsterdam , A Trip to the Country , The Human Condition, part I , Flame & Citron ...

Denmark leads the pack with 3 entries followed by one each from Sweden and Finland. The Blessing (2009, Denmark, Heidi Maria Faisst) Ori...

I had been meaning to do a cinematic spotlight on Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden for a while now. I didn't have any prede...