Scribbles and Ramblings

The idea of pitting different movies from a country/region against each other was quite enjoyable so here’s a second and final installment f...

I am tired of people saying that there are no good movies being made currently and that the best cinema was back in the 50’s & 60’s. Ok,...

A month has gone by. Amazing how time flies by! In the end, soccer and movies turned out to be a great combination. Even though the 2006 W...

The Soccer World Cup is finally coming to life -- France beat Brazil (yeah, Henry is better than Ronaldinho anyday!!), and now Italy edged ...

8 more matches to go before the winner is decided! There were some very interesting match-ups in the movie world cup quarters and one matc...

In keeping with the format laid out by the Soccer World Cup, 16 teams competed in a knock-out format in the second round of the Movie World...

The first round of both the FIFA World Cup and Movie World Cup have been completed. Here are the final results and comparisons of both (Not...

Ah the craziness starts again! That insane game of futbol is here again to dominate a month in the lives of calcio fans everywhere. But hon...

Paradise Now (directed by Hany Abu-Assad) ‘The people of one country gave the people of another country the land of the people of the third...

Falling…..in Love (directed by Ming-Tai Wang): Rating 6.5/10 Directly imported from Taiwan, this movie is so new that it has only debuted a...

X-Men 3 – The Last Stand? Maybe! What is the point of reviewing such a movie? Even if the critics trash it (which they did), people will s...

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...