Scribbles and Ramblings

The Man in the White Suit (1951) The Ladykillers (1955) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) I was already a fan of Alexander Mackendrick as eviden...

El coraje del pueblo / The Night of San Juan (1971) Jatun Auka (1974) I hadn’t come across any of Jorge Sanjinés’ films when exploring Boliv...

A spotlight on the Six feature films to date of Jessica Hausner. Lovely Rita (2001) Hotel (2004) Lourdes (2009) Amour Fou (2014) Little Joe ...

A feisty Copa America 2024 ended with Argentina winning their 16th Copa America title. Argentina’s win wasn’t much of a surprise as they wer...

Now that the football version of Euro 2024 is in the books, it is time to unveil results of the film version of Euro 2024 . Like previous fi...

Ranking the best Gojira/Godzilla films isn’t an easy task, both from a quantity and quality perspective. There are 38 films noted in the Go...

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...