Scribbles and Ramblings

The news of David Lynch passing away on Jan 15, 2025 came as a shock especially since I had hoped that he was secretly working on one last f...

As 2024 draws to a close and Best of 2024 Film Lists are published, I am finally ready to publish an updated Best of 2023 list. It has taken...

This is a follow-up to the previous post where I had managed to see 30 / 32 Hong Sang-soo features to date.  Since that post, I have managed...

This list of Best Food Films is long overdue. In the past, I tried to do a proper Food Cinema series for the Cinematheque but the series nev...

Notes on three films directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky: Les Dragueurs / The Chasers (1959) Litan (1982) À mort l'arbitre! / Kill the Referee...

Spotlight on Vittorio De Seta with 10 short films and 1 feature film: Islands of Fire (1955, short film) Easter in Sicily (1955, short film)...

This is a follow-up post to the previous Kinji Fukasaku spotlight which focused on 7 of his Yakuza films. Previously, I associated Kinji Fu...