Scribbles and Ramblings

Anime, Yakuza, Motorcycle gangs and Samurai: Paprika (2006, Director Satoshi Kon): Rating 9/10 Paprika was a movie I had been eagerly ...

Eastern Promises (2007, Director David Cronenberg, Writer Steven Knight ) Russian Prison Tattoos, Mafia, Crime, Prostitution -- all in Lond...

Cinema, Cafes, Crêpes, Curry, Beer and plenty of rain: 24 films in 6 days!! That total is even more remarkable considering I only st...

Friday, Sept 28 -- Day 8 of 10 and I have to call it a day. And I only clocked in 12 movies. The reasons for this low total is my travel to...

The Edge of Heaven (2007, Germany/Turkey, Director Fatih Akin): Rating 9/10 This was one of the films I was eagerly waiting for at CIFF a...

I wanted to consolidate comments from my earlier posts regarding some note worthy films playing at CIFF this year. With the exception of Van...

The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories 2007, Bulgaria, Director Andrey Paounov As the title suggests, the documentary is about a town's ...

Since I spent a good portion of the summer watching Eastern European movies, it was appropriate that I started the first day of CIFF with tw...

The air is chilly with a touch of frost and some rain. The sun sets well before 8 pm and the leaves are turning yellow. Yes, it must be fa...

Spotlight on Brazilian Cinema, overview The mention of Brazil often brings sighs and expressions of pleasure. Prior to 2002, the images a...

Spotlight on Brazilian Cinema, part four Here are the final two films on the Brazilian spotlight: Quilombo (1984, Director Carlos Diegue...

I finally caught up with three films I missed at film festivals over the last 2 years. In 2005, I opted to not see the late show of Citizen...

2 Days in Paris (2007, written and directed by Julie Delpy): Rating 8.5/10 A breezy enjoyable film modeled along the same lines of Richard ...

Les Enfants Terribles (1950, Director Jean-Pierre Melville, Novel by Jean Cocteau) Normally only a director's name is above a film. Bu...

"The television screen has become a retina of the mind's eye" -- Professor Brian O'Blivion, Videodrome I have to thank...