Scribbles and Ramblings

As Cannes 2024 is wrapping up, I still have to catch up with a few worthy Cannes 2023 films (Lisandro Alonso, Victor Erice) but I have seen ...

The first entry on this blog was on May 10, 2004. Safe to say, it was a very different world 20 years ago. It wasn't a simpler time or ...

With each passing year, the theatrical and film distribution machinery gets even more broken and can only sustain, promote and release fewer...

In 2011, I was foolish enough to think I could catch-up to all of Hong Sang-soo's films. I had that crazy belief after I saw 3 of his ne...

The inspiration to make this list came after reading Filipe Furtado’s list of 10 Great Brazilian films. These words by Filipe ring true with...

I hadn’t heard about the Pemini Organisation until I came across Powerhouse Films/Indicator Series Box-set of these 3 movies: HUNTED (1972, ...

This spotlight came about due to the discovery that Netflix Canada has several of Pablo Trapero’s films. Last year there were 5 Trapero film...

This is a combination of two previous posts related to the following four films from Roy Andersson: Songs from the Second Floor (2000) You, ...

Elio Petri’s name doesn’t come up when the top names of Italian cinema are mentioned. Such a roll call often features titles by Fellini, Ant...

I have avoided putting up a Greatest Films of All Time list up previously because I have always felt such a list is a slippery task because ...

Vittorio De Sica’s name looms large both in Italian and Global cinema due to his remarkable works of neorealism especially the essential Bic...

This isn’t a comprehensive look at Palestinian cinema but instead pulls together the top 7 Palestinian films that were included in the Best ...

The idea of revisiting Bong Joon-ho’s films came while reading Karen Han’s book on the director, Dissident Cinema. I realized that I hadn’t...