Scribbles and Ramblings

A round-up of the remaining films from round 1 of the 2014 Movie World Cup. Group E: Switzerland (Fraulein) 1-0 Ecuador (Crónicas...

Group B: Spain (In the City of Sylvia) vs Holland (Borgman) The Spanish and Dutch films end up following the current footballing ph...

And we are off. The first few films of the 2014 Movie World Cup are from Group A, similar to the first two games of the 2014 Soccer World C...

With less than a day until Brazil and Croatia kick off the 2014 World Cup, here are my predictions. Group A: Brazil , Croatia , Mexico, C...

La Strada (1954, Italy, Federico Fellini) My review of La Strada is published on Wonders in the Dark as part of its Romantic Cou...

32 Nations. 96 films. One epic movie showdown. Ladies and gents, presenting the 2014 Movie World Cup. In the past, finding even a si...

The 15 films from the 5 African Nations taking part in the 2014 Movie World Cup have been selected. Given the difficulty in finding Africa...

I started this blog back on May 10, 2004 with the following entry : As things begin, so must this blog. Here we go. History will remind...

The 39 films representing the 13 European Nations taking part in the 2014 Movie World Cup have been selected. The three films from each ...

When it comes to the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), USA and Mexico are head and sh...

The 12 films from the Asian region of the 2014 Movie World Cup have been selected. Australia is now playing in the Asian zone and not Oc...

The recent death of Gabriel García Márquez is a huge loss to the literary world, especially Magic Realism . I owe my knowledge about this s...

Enemy (2013, Canada/Spain, Denis Villeneuve) Enemy transports José Saramago’s novel The Double to a David Cronenberg landscape...