Scribbles and Ramblings

Before I tackle my second leg of David Lynch movies, I opted to buffer my senses with two commercial comedies -- the first went straight to ...

The latest viewing included 5 films, 3 from Germany and 2 from France. The directors were -- Werner Herzog (2 movies), Rainer Werner Fassb...

The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006, Director Ken Loach): Rating 8.5/10 Ireland, 1920. British troops terrorize the local Irish boys. The...

Director Profile: David Lynch Waiting for Inland Empire . But it will be a long wait. I have given up on seeing this in a theatre but hope...

No sooner was I lamenting the lack of good movies out there, appears this refreshing flick on DVD. The Science of Sleep picks up the piece...

March 8, 2007: Good football is dead. Arsenal, Barca, Lyon & Madrid are all out of the Champions League. With the exception of the Bunde...

It has been a slow week for movie watching as I have been busy catching up on my reading. But I managed to watch these two very different I...

All the 4 movies I saw in the last 2 days could claim to have swum in the river of cinematic art. In the end, one movie succeeds in being pu...

The Proposition (UK/Australia, Director: John Hillcoat) "Australia. What fresh hell is this?" so speaks Captain Stanley (Ray Winst...

I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation by Michela Wrong It has been a few years since I first heard abo...

Inspired by the recent article on African Cinema in Sight and Sound , I decided to track down some African films. I had only seen two of the...

Black Friday (2005, Director Anurag Kashyap): Well Anurag Kashyap's film is finally officially released after spending more than a year...

There are very few authors who have the ability to change their writing style from novel to novel. In most cases, no matter what different s...

It happens every now and then when I run across a bad patch of films. However, I just didn't expect it to be from this collection of 4 f...