Scribbles and Ramblings

Earlier this year, mubi featured a spotlight on the films of Aleksey Balabanov . I first encountered a film by Aleksey Balabanov back in 200...

One of the most lovely cinematic debuts I came across in 2016 was that of Kiro Russo’s Viejo calavera ( Dark Skull ). Dark Skull (2016) Th...

Wonders in the Dark is doing a Best Latin American Cinema list. Of all the Best of Cinema lists, this one is the toughest for me as Latin A...

Wonders in the Dark is running a Best Canadian film poll where each participant is required to submit their top 15 Canadian films. My Top 1...

One of the most enduring action sub-genres has been that of an assassin movie. Each year, there are many examples of both male and female as...

In the late 1990s, it was difficult to come across many Korean films at the video stores. Bong Joon-ho hadn’t directed his first feature yet...

The previous Best Films of 2020 list included some 2019 titles as I had still had to catch up with quite a few 2020 titles. Therefore, an u...

Top 20 Italian Films 1. The Battle of Algiers (1966, Gillo Pontecorvo) 2. Hands over the City (1963, Francesco Rosi) 3. Bandits of Orgosolo ...

Hospitalité (2010) Harmonium (2016) A Girl Missing (2019) The Real Thing (2020) Harmonium is Kôji Fukada’s fifth film but one that thrust h...

Just like That (2019, India,  Kislay) The mother is a revered character in Indian cinema and society (‘Mother India’), someone who is selfle...