Scribbles and Ramblings

Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United Saturday, May 28 2011 will go down in history as the day when a truly classic Champions League final was pl...

The first time I heard a film described as an actuality was when Allan King mentioned it in the Q&A session following a special screeni...

In the latest Cannes roundup , David Hudson has put up a trailer for Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told co-directed by Rakeysh Om...

Before City of God came out in 2002, the only Brazilian films that were available for rent in my city were José Mojica Marins’ Coffin Joe f...

"This is Canada?" These were the words that came to my mind when I first saw Michel Brault’s Les Ordres a few years ago. The fi...

Over the years, it has been a slow disappearance of 35mm film from commercial theaters in my city but now the transformation is complete. No...

Sat, April 16: Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Wed, April 20: Real Madrid vs Barcelona, Spanish Cup final Wed, April 27: Real Madrid vs Barcelon...

Two films by Gaspar Noé: Seul contre tous / I Stand Alone (1998) Enter the Void (2009) Enter the Brain I Stand Alone allows unfilt...

I had never heard of Pere Portabella until I came across Jonathan Rosenbaum’s wonderful book Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia in which Rose...

Japan has pulled out of this year's Copa America tournament. The Japanese Football association president Junji Ogura said: "The ...