Scribbles and Ramblings

At times, it was hard to think of films in 2016 given the shifting political winds around the world. Thankfully, global cinema was in step ...

From What is Before (2014) Lav Diaz’s cinema exists on the opposite end of the spectrum to the commercial cinema of rapid cuts and sh...

SHIN GODZILLA (2016, Japan, Hideaki Anno ,  Shinji Higuchi) SHIN GODZILLA is a film of immense beauty and fierce intelligence about cr...

Jindrich Polák’s IKARIE XB 1 (1963) is one of the most significant Science fiction films ever made yet it is also relatively unknown e...

The Calgary International Film Festival’s World Cinema Series provides a snapshot of some of the best contemporary international direc...

Ten months into 2015, I was able to have a better handle on the best films of 2014.  Similarly, almost 8 months into 2016, I have a better...

Many ideas in Science fiction films may appear far fetched when the film is first released yet over time, some of those ideas end up ...

"To everyone’s surprise, the ship didn’t come to a stop…over Manhattan or Washington or Chicago..but instead coasted to a halt di...

Release Versions of Nicolas Winding Refn's films NWR 1.0 : raw, realistic, gritty and unflinching films made on a small budget. ...