Scribbles and Ramblings

Amma Ariyan (Report to Mother, 1986, India, John Abraham) My selection for the 6th AFOFF is inspired by Allan’s incredible ‘The Fish Obscur...

Margem (Margin, 2007, Brazil/Colombia/Peru, Documentary) Terras (Lands, 2009, Brazil, Documentary) A Febre (The Fever, 2019, Brazil/France/G...

La Ciudad de las Fieras / The City of Wild Beasts (2021, Colombia, Henry Rincon) Tato (Bryan Cordoba) is a young rapper in Medellin who is l...

In compiling a list of the best films from Spain, Portugal, it became immediately clear that many essential films from the Iberian peninsula...

Hungary has a rich cinematic history and has produced many stellar films over the past seven decades. However, many classic films from Hunga...

In compiling a list of the best Arab films of all time, the same problems in making the African films list surfaced: problem of accessibilit...

Coming up with a Best French Films of All Time list is not an easy task given the thousands of worthy films to choose from over a century. T...

For a change, I was there at the start. Before I even knew Dibakar Banerjee’s name, I had heard about his first feature film. In 2006, I was...

1. Death Disturbs / La mort trouble (1970, co-directed with Claude d’Anna) 2. Caméra d’Afrique (1983) 3. Caméra Arabe (1987) 4. Halfaouine: ...