Scribbles and Ramblings

Film: Tesnota/Closeness (2017, Kantemir Balagov) Books: The Mountain and the Wall , Bride and Groom by Alisa Ganieva One film, two books a...

The word ‘global’ has been used for a few decades but it truly took on a new meaning in 2020 when all countries around the world were impact...

Wong Kar-wai is an auteur whose signature style is instantly recognizable in his films due to the presence of eye-popping visuals, memorable...

 doc·u·men·ta·ry noun: documentary; plural noun: documentaries     a movie or a television or radio program that provides a factual record o...

Thou Shalt Not Kill (2018, Romania, Catalin Rotaru, Gabi Virginia Sarga) Collective (2019, Romania/Luxembourg, Alexander Nanau) One of the...

The camera zips around a small room, then down the stairs, looks around the surroundings and then rises above the building to give a view o...

  A Herdade / The Domain (2019, Portugal/France,   Tiago Guedes) A cigar dangling from his mouth, constantly. A drink in hand, always. Chang...

 Change of Life (1966, Portugal, Paulo Rocha) Over the last decade, there has been a rich supply of Portuguese films coming out yet I recall...

 Soleil Ô (1967, Mauritania/France, Med Hondo) I had read about Med Hondo in a few posts over the years. Yet, I hadn’t seen any of his films...