Scribbles and Ramblings

Stars at Noon (2022, France/Panama/USA, Claire Denis) A hot humid Latin country in political turmoil. A sultry woman, Trish (Margaret Qualle...

Trial by Fire (2023, India, 7 episode Series) Trial by Fire (Netflix) is a gut-wrenching depiction of a real-life harrowing tragedy that cou...

The rage. The ever increasing rage that has been increasing across the world over the last decade. The rage increased its speed after the 20...

The 2022 World Cup started with one game on Day 1 (Nov 20), then three games on Day 2, then 11 days of four games each. Then 4 days of 2 gam...

Border (2009, Armenia/Holland, Harutyun Khachatryan)     A dialogue-less picture which lets the powerful images speak for themselves! The ...

My past Movie World Cups were about finding films from the different countries taking part in the Soccer World Cup. The films themselves we...

 Triangle of Sadness (2022, Ruben Östlund)   In contemporary European soccer, some league titles are decided even before a ball is kicked. T...

Wonders in the Dark is having their "Rest of Asia" film poll. The countries covered are South Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietna...

Two Eastern European films that compliment each other even though they are separated by two decades: Big Animal (2000, Poland, Jerzy Stuhr) ...

 “ THE GREATEST HUNGARIAN FILM DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME ” - Béla Tarr The above words by Tarr are featured on Kino Lorber’s recent six film disc...

Doing a deep dive into a specific region or nation’s cinema often reveals blindspots and gaps in one’s knowledge. This proved to be case whe...

Wonders in the Dark recently concluded a Best Films from Africa and Middle East poll. The inclusion of Iran, Israel and Turkey in this poll...

We are almost halfway through 2022 and I still haven't caught up with all the worthy 2021 films. Still, I have seen a few that required ...