Scribbles and Ramblings

The Red Balloon (1956, France, Albert Lamorisse) A balloon floating up in the sky still manages to catch everyone’s attention! Some ...

I had the awesome opportunity to co-program the world cinema section at this year’s Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) . My sectio...

Wild Card (2015, USA, Simon West) Wild Card went straight to VOD and had a limited theatrical release. It was universally slammed by cr...

The Top Childhood films countdown has begun at Wonders in the Dark . Essays of the Top 83 films will be posted from June - October 2015.  A...

Copa America 2015 is set to be one of the most promising football tournaments in history because for the first time neither Brazil or Arge...

Like most years, my end of the year list is highly dependent on film festivals which serve as an unofficial distribution model for a majo...

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...