Scribbles and Ramblings

Finally after thinking about it for years, I have managed to watch all three colour movies of Krzysztof Kieslowski: Bleu, Blanc and Roug...

1) A Very Long Engagement (directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet) : Rating 9/10 Three years after Amélie , Jeunet is back with another movi...

When you have a chance to fulfill a dream but you can't because you have other obligations, then how do you feel? Gutted in my case. I h...

Well the festival time has started and the fall movie line-up is on the verge of being ushered out. Venice kicked things off this past weeke...

The line between documentaries and fiction is blurred sometimes and no more so than in the first two movies. 1) In This World (2002 ...

1) Bad Guy (2001 movie directed by Ki-duk Kim): Rating 8/10 A man sees a college girl sitting on a bench. He is infatuated with her. So he ...

Well quite a few movies to discuss, including two charming love stories. But first off, I want to discuss two completely different movies, e...

1) Coup De Torchon (1981 movie directed by Bertrand Tavernier): Rating 8/10 The English title of this interesting French movie is ‘Clean Sla...

1) Dogville (directed by Lars Von Trier): Rating 8.5/10 What a strange movie Dogville is! First off the three hour long movie is shot on a s...

1) Crash (directed by Paul Haggis): Rating 10/10 Either you like this movie or despise it. But one can’t discount director and writer Paul H...

1) Parineeta (directed by Pradeep Sarkar): Rating 8/10 What does one do with the songs? With the exception of Sarfarosh (1999), I can’t conc...

Near the end of month, I came across quite a few Shaw Brothers movies. Yes it was a time to return to those classics which have shaped moder...

Two very different movies turned out to be gems – one a Hollywood summer movie, and the other a small budget Canadian flick. 1) Batman Begin...

The annual Waterton French Film festival had an interesting line up. On tap was Tony Gatlif’s excellent Exiles, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s A Very ...

1) The Sea Inside (directed by Alejandro Amenabar): Rating 8/10 No matter what movie Amenabar makes in the future, I will duly watch his wor...