Scribbles and Ramblings

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, John Sturges)  A train stops at Black Rock, startling the town residents. John Macreedy (Spencer Tracy) gets...

Every year I look forward to the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) in order to catch-up with some of the best Canadian & fore...

Week 2 of the Western Countdown at Wonders In The Dark has been completed. The following five essays have been posted with my review at #41...

This is an update to an earlier post on the  Best TV Shows  because two seasons of  Game of Thrones & the conclusion of Breaking Bad  ...

The incredible Western Countdown at Wonders In The Dark  started on Sept 30, 2013. Essays for the top 50 films will be posted on the websi...

The first half of any year is normally catching up with the previous year’s films which slowly make their way across art house cinemas or D...

A quick four film spotlight on Hong Kong Crime films which focus on informers and undercover operatives. Hard Boiled (1992, John Woo) I...

Leviathan (2012, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel) Every now and then comes a film that changes the way we think of cinema or e...

Only God Forgives (2013, Nicolas Winding Refn) Nicolas Winding Refn's newest film takes a narrow view of Bangkok from a John Burd...

Back in February, I had planned a spotlight on Walter Hill to coincide with the release of his new film Bullet to the Head . But unfortunat...

In the last few years, articles about the excellence of TV shows have become quite common as have the number of people who watch entire sea...

In early 2012, Sam Juliano’s excellent round-up of William A. Wellman’s films was an eye opener as it highlighted the need to visit Wellma...

Cue music. The camera moves slowly from the muddy ground to the tension packed air above. Two men stand on opposite sides, facing each othe...

Neighbouring Sounds ( O som ao redor ) (2012, Brazil, Kleber Mendonça Filho) This IS a film. Aided by a rich sound design & visu...

I am absolutely shocked by the sudden death of Rituparno Ghosh , one of the best contemporary Indian directors, who passed away at the youn...