Scribbles and Ramblings

It goes without saying that an end of the year list depends on access to quality films from around the world. And my access to those qualit...

There have been many worthy films in 2012 but also many more fine performances and great visuals. So I created a separate entry just to hig...

The Master (2012, USA, Paul Thomas Anderson) "Nothing frightens those in authority so much as criticism. Whether democrats or ...

I expected a slow down in film viewing this year and was certain I would finally drop below 300 films per year. It turns out that I ended ...

Back in the summer, Wonders in the Dark invited people to be part of a comedy countdown. The rules required voters to send a ballot of the...

Sleeping Sickness (2011, Germany co-production, Ulrich Köhler) Ulrich Köhler's film was my first choice for a German film entry...

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...