Scribbles and Ramblings

Stray Dogs (2013, Taiwan/France, Tsai Ming-liang) Previously, I had seen 8/9 of Tsai Ming-Liang’s features but none of them in a cine...

I had been meaning to do a spotlight on Ingmar Bergman for a few years but it got pushed behind other retrospectives. A Bergman spotlight ...

One of the most significant DVD releases in the last few years has been NFDC’s (National Film Development Corporation of India) issue of t...

The 2014 Movie World Cup kicked off back in December 2013 shortly after the Soccer World Cup draw was made. The spotlight lasted 8 months...

Semi-Finals Preview Four different decades are represented by the semi-finalists of the 2014 Movie World Cup. Brazil: Neighboring S...

The Quarter-Finals of the 2014 Movie World Cup featured four enticing contests with eight excellent films. There was very little to choose ...

The elimination round of the 2014 Movie World Cup starts with the round of 16. As per the rules, the two films will go head-to-head in eith...

All 96 films of the 2014 Movie World Cup have been viewed and the group phase is now complete. The top 2 nations from each of the 8 grou...