Scribbles and Ramblings

My piece on Preston Sturges' perfect comedy The Lady Eve is published on Wonders in the Dark's comedy countdown .

Anand Gandhi's debut feature Ship of Theseus has been getting some stunning reviews since its world premier at TIFF a few months ago. ...

The Third Annual Calgary Latin Wave Film Festival ran from Nov 2 - 4, 2012 and featured an excellent line-up of films. The following nine ...

The 13th Annual Calgary International Film Festival featured a mouth watering line-up of films from all corners of the world and excelled ...

My review of Luis Buñuel’s L'Age D'or is published on Wonders in the Dark as part of their Top 100 Comedy Countdown.

The Calgary International Film Festival kicks off today, Sept 20, with the much anticipated opening gala of Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Child...

Criterion's release of Hiroshi Inagaki's The Samurai Trilogy this past summer is certainly a worthy event. While there have been m...

Jean Renoir is a director one encounters very early in their cinephilia journey, with The Rules of the Game ( La règle du jeu ) most likely...

Mrinal Sen’s The Absence Trilogy consists of Ekdin Pratidin (1979), Kharij (1982) and Ekdin Achanak (1989). The films are separated by a...

The aftermath of Tony Scott’s shock death revealed how his films divided cinephiles and were not given much thought. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky’s ...

In Sight & Sound's 2012 poll , 39 Indian films got votes. This number only includes Indian productions or co-productions directed by...

"If Ray reflected the Tagorean enlightenment, Benegal is undoubtedly the chronicler of Nehruvian India. He shares its ‘socialistic’ bia...

Driven written by James Sallis, published by Poisoned Pen Press. Driven , the sequel to James Sallis' noir fiction Drive , catches up...

It is sad to hear about the Uptown cinema's closure . The Uptown was an integral part of Calgary's art-house theatrical scene and it...

Mention a zombie movie and images of flesh-eaters comes to mind, dead creatures who prey on humans. However, this image has drifted far from...