Scribbles and Ramblings

In the next few weeks I will be undertaking an interesting experiment in studying Eastern European football & cinema. Of course, one ca...

Manderlay (2005, Director Lars von Trier): Rating 7/10 This is the second installement of von Trier's USA Trilogy after 2003's Dogv...

Inland Empire (2006, David Lynch): Rating 8/10 We see hazy images. Then two figures appear but their faces are blurred. They talk in so...

Spider Man 3 (2007, Director Sam Raimi): Rating 5/10 They did it, they finally did it. It took them 3 tries but the studios finally turned ...

It has been over a year since I first shed a spotlight on Taiwanese Cinema . Back then I wanted to focus on Hou Hsiao-hsien & Tsai Ming-...

Colour me Kubrick (2005, Director Brian Cook): Rating 4.5/10 John Malkovich plays Alan Conway, a real life person who went around conning p...

The Mahabharata (1989, Director Peter Brook): Rating 9/10 There is no story like the The Mahabharata !! The poem’s incredible length is we...

Spotlight on Brazilian Cinema, part two Lower City (2005, Director Sérgio Machado, co-writer Karim Ainouz): Rating 7.5/10 I am fast beco...

Milan is a long way from São Paulo. But on a rainy Wednesday night, it was the man from São Paulo who showed his class and led the Italian ...

I finally made the trip out to the second oldest movie theatre in Alberta for the annual Cinemagine film festival. I was only able to atten...

Planet Terror (2007, Director Robert Rodriguez): Rating 6/10 The trailers tantalize with the images of Rose McGowan and her machine gun leg....

Spotlight on Brazilian Cinema, part 1 Ah Brazil. Copacabana beach, Sun, Sand, Futbol, Samba, Carnivale, Dance, Music, Sugar Loaf mountain....

Hot Fuzz (2007, Director Edgar Wright): Rating 9/10 This spoof on adrenaline movies ends up being an adrenaline rush itself. Just pure fu...

A few weeks ago (March 25), my 1st leg of French vs German cinema featured 3 German films and 2 French ones. So it was appropriate that the ...

Volver (2006, Director Pedro Almodóvar): Rating 9/10 I have to admit that I have enjoyed all the Almodóvar films I have seen so far. That i...