Scribbles and Ramblings

Back in Jan 2008, I anticipated the following regarding my 2008 film watching: 1) I would be watching significantly less films than the 386 ...

Top 10 films 1) Oye Lucky Lucky Oye (Dibakar Banerjee) Dibakar Banerjee's second feature is a rare thing -- an intelligent enter...

Almost all the films that I have come across from South Korea have been from 2000 onwards making my cinematic education with South Korean ci...

In theory a marriage should only be about two people taking vows to spend their lives together but in practice a marriage is a complicated ...

The league table shows that sunday’s game between Arsenal and Liverpool pits the 5th vs 1st place teams, with Arsenal trailing Liverpool by ...

The UEFA Champions League draw for the Round of 16 has opened the possibility of some mouth-watering intriguing match-ups. Chelsea FC (ENG) ...

Alfonso Cuarón director: Remember what Claude Chabrol said: ‘There is no wave, there is only the ocean.’ I am not purely interested in ‘Mex...

The 5 Best Drama Golden Globe nominated films are: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog Mi...

A bank robbery. A lone man, with a hunched back, a bag in one hand and a mask in another. During the robbery, the robbers start killing ...

Dibakar Banerjee made a stunning feature film debut in 2006 with the wonderful Khosla Ka Ghosla . Khosla.. was a rare cinematic commodity ...

In theory it appeared to be a great idea -- Jean-Claude Van Damme playing a washed out action hero struggling to make ends meet, reflecting...

'Are you aware that there are sixty crore Hindus in India? Can you finish them all? Do you think that the United Nations will keep quiet...

Amitabh Bachchan's blog contains his thoughts regarding the ongoing standoff in Mumbai. It is understanding to see the roles played by...

Not again. Not again Mumbai.... If a city could be given a voice, then given what has happened over the last two decades, Mumbai's angry...

The Calgary Cinematheque hosted an outstanding film series this past weekend -- Pushing Boundaries: Independent Canadian Cinema of the Sixti...