Scribbles and Ramblings

Entry #7 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight looks at the two Irish films. The Guard (2011, John Michael McDonagh) John Micha...

Entry #6 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight looks at the two French films. L’Apollonide ( House of Tolerance / House of Pleasur...

Entry #5 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight looks at the two Danish films. Applause (2009, Martin Zandvliet) Thea (Paprika S...

Entry #4 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight looks at the two Spanish films. The Last Circus (2010, Álex de la Iglesia) An a...

Entry #3 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight looks at the two Polish films. The Mill and the Cross (2011, Lech Majewski) The ...

Entry #2 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight looks at two Dutch films. C'est déjà l'été (2010, Martijn Maria Smits) Th...

Entry #1 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight looks at the two Croatian films. Buick Riviera (2008, Goran Rusinovic) Buick Rivi...

The conclusion of the 2012 African Cup of Nations film spotlight. In the end, I was only able to view films from 10 of the 16 African natio...

In a dimly lit pub, an unshaven man quietly sips his drink. He looks up and sees a score of 4-1 flash on the tv. His head sinks down and his...

Miss Bala (2011, Mexico, Gerardo Naranjo) Gerardo Naranjo’s remarkable Miss Bala can perfectly be described by the phrase “wrong place, ...

In Time (2011, USA, Andrew Niccol) Films based on Andrew Niccol's stories have always presented fascinating ideas in an accessible ma...

Agneepath (2012, India, Karan Malhotra) Karan Malhotra’s Agneepath conveys the essence of 1980's Bollywood revenge tales in a techn...

Jacques Tati's last directed work was a football film! Tati directed Forza Bastia , a 26 minute documentary, in 1978 but the film only...

Back in 2010, I absolutely fell in love with Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's soulful song Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji from Ishqiya . I didn...

In the past, I had to postpone an African Cup of Nations (CAN) Film spotlight due to the difficulty in tracking down an adequate number of ...