Scribbles and Ramblings

A prisoner. Unshaven, haggard and released from a physical prison. Beat up apartment. Old typewriter. Click, click. Novel. Money. Maya. Libe...

The 1st leg between these two film-makers was summarized back in summer 2009 where Alonso's Los Muertos was the clear winner over Mar...

The two best films of 2010 might be not be seen at Sundance, Rotterdam, Berlin, Cannes, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, New York or Mumbai. Ins...

Back in 2005, I came across an intriguing Mexican film called Sangre by Amat Escalante. Even though there were plenty of wonderful moments ...

The year is only a few months old but it is hard to believe that there will be too many Indian songs this year that will be more soulful tha...

The Kicking Culture, part III Some things are completely predictable. On cue, British players and managers are coming forward to offer su...

English Football's Secret Society: There is a secret footballing society that exists in England and whose members trace their lineage ...

Feb 23, 2008: Birmingham 2-2 Arsenal -- Eduardo leg broken, a last minute penalty   Feb 27, 2010: Stoke 1-3 Arsenal -- Ramsey leg broken,...

A few years ago I came across José Suárez Carreño’s The Final Hours at an antique bookstore. I had never heard anything about Carreño but a...

Sometime in the future.... “What movie do you want to go see?” “I don’t know. What’s playing?” “Transformers VI 3D, Shrek 6 3D, Spide...

Kathryn Bigelow is robbed! The Hurt Locker was the best directed American film of 2009 not Avatar . But as expected, the best director awar...

[Update, Apr 2] -- Films from all 32 countries taking part in the soccer world cup have been located. Entries from North Korea and Honduras ...

There once were homes, shops, streets, buildings and a palace. Now... concrete and dust.

It is not surprising that Togo have withdrawn from the African Cup of Nations after yesterday's bus attack. The entire episode has been...

I saw plenty of excellent films in 2009 and I cannot restrict my list to 10 or even 20 films. My short list has 57 titles that I enjoyed in ...