Scribbles and Ramblings

India, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and U.A.E (still to visit later today) -- 8 countries, 14 cities, 29 days. No ...

Seven films ended this month’s movie watching. No specific criteria was used to pick the films but just an assorted collection of English a...

Fast-Food Nation (directed by Richard Linklater): Rating 7/10 It is a bad sign when a free advance screening of a movie is not even close to...

Since I have been busy programming movies for other film festivals this year, it was appropriate that my birthday gift was a personal film f...

Devils on the Doorstep (2000, directed by Jiang Wen): Rating 10/10 Vintage cinema! Pure cinematic Pleasure!! Besides the absorbing story, an...

Directed by Gabriel Range: Rating 7/10 Hype & controversy but in the end, a timid and dry result! Here was a golden chance to make a sh...

Beijing Bicycle (2001 film directed by Xiaoshuai Wang): Rating 10/10 Emotional and beautiful cinema at its best! This is a movie which grab...

A blistering mad dash through a diverse assortment of films within a week proved that despite the festival season being over, I still can’t ...

The Fifth Horseman is Fear: (1964 film directed by Zbynek Brynych) A different side of the Jewish persecution in Eastern Europe is shown her...

What is art for one is junk for another and what is junk for one is sublime art for another! Movies keep affirming the fact that there are i...

Attending VIFF even for 3 days was a great treat! I have to honestly admit that VIFF is the best film festival in Canada! Period!! No questi...

10 days of CIFF have just wrapped up. An exhausting 10 days where I managed to squeeze in 22 movies! Now I have a few days to rest before I...

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...