Scribbles and Ramblings

Stage One: Man to Man Combat In ancient times war was an accepted part of life. Be it over a matter of land or a girl, a man gathered his...

Well I was wrong as The Dark Knight didn't get a best film nod and Slumdog.. did. But the hype over Slumdog.. is quite puzzling. I f...

The 9 films short-listed for the Best Foreign film Oscar are: The Baader-Meinhof Complex (Germany, Uli Edel) The Class (France, Laurent C...

Total # of films seen in 2009: 339 The total number includes films (fiction & docs) over a length of 60 minutes. Film (Year, Countr...

David Carr perfectly captures the madness of Hollywood's december release schedules: But we should begin with the glut of movies that ...

10 Best new films, in order of preference Rachel Getting Married (USA, Jonathan Demme) A fascinating look at characters in their momen...

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...