Scribbles and Ramblings

This is a follow-up to the earlier March post when I had managed to see 24 out of 31 Hong Sang-soo features to date. I am happy to say that ...

Two games of Copa America 2024 are already in the books with Argentina kicking off their title defense with a 2-0 win over Canada while Peru...

A criteria for previous Euro Film spotlights ( Euro 2008 , Euro 2012 , Euro 2016 ) was to select previously unseen films or films from unkno...

As Argentina and Messi prepare to defend their Copa America, I wanted to do a Top Argentine film list. This isn’t a comprehensive list by an...

There are a wealth of legal viewing options for Iranian Cinema unlike that for many other nations. Such a high number of entries made it an ...

Apenas un Delincuente / Hardly a Criminal (1949, Argentina, directed by Hugo Fregonese) This year’s AFOFF selection of the stellar 1949 Arg...

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...