Scribbles and Ramblings

One Country, 3 directors, 6 movies! A diverse collection ranging from the colorful past to the murky present!!! Hou Hsiao-hsien Until a ...

It is over, finally!! So was the festival worth is? Yes. When does one get a chance to build a film festival from ground up? And this festiv...

Having finished programming movies for the Asian Film Festival, I finally have the time to again watch movies subjectively. Here is a quick...

It starts with a single drop. Then a trickle follows. Gradually, a steady flow is established. And if unchecked, the flow could turn into a...

What makes a perfect film festival? Is there such a thing as a perfect film festival? Well having worked for three years in a row for 2 ver...

Directed by James McTeigue Screenplay by: Andy and Larry Wachowski Graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd Rating: 6/10 What a mess! W...

Water (written and directed by Deepa Mehta): Rating 6/10 Yet another triology is complete but just like the disappointing conclusion of the...

This turns out to be my 95th entry for this blog. Unfortunately, it is not a very polished entry but given the recent flood of movies that h...

Too many movies to talk about! 13 in total! So just a quick summary of what I thought of each one then. Capote (Directed by Bennett Miller)...

Heremakono (2002 movie written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako): Rating 8.5/10 Sometimes the simplest movies are the ones which are ...

Match Point (written and directed by Woody Allen): Rating 10/10 I really want to say ‘I can’t believe this is a Woody Allen’ movie, but ...

What makes a good movie? So many ways to analyze a movie, so many ways to critique a movie but at the end of the day, one sure fire way to k...

Out of four movies that I saw in the last few days, three of them bored me to tears. So I won't be objective at all but as subjective as...

Incredibly I had not seen any works of this legendary French film-maker until recently. And I managed to make up some ground by watching hi...

Comme une image (Look at me, directed by Agnès Jaoui): Rating 9.5/10 Director Agnès Jaoui knows how to make a beautiful movie. And she and c...