Scribbles and Ramblings

The 1950s saw the release of many brilliant works of cinema from around the world but the 1960s increased that quality substantially. The 1...

Safe to say, the world had more serious matters to consider in the 1940s. Yet, somehow this decade resulted in two films that have dominated...

While the 1920s produced a wealth of cinematic riches, that decade also marked the final flourish of silent cinema. The 1930s were character...

My previous comments about the broken film distribution model still stands for 2024. What I didn’t expect was that this broken distribution ...

This Best of Decades list is inspired by the recent Decades Countdown at Wonders in the Dark . Also, the idea of looking back at Cinema made...

The Best Films of the 1950s list is inspired by the Decades list countdown at Wonders in the Dark.  I will duly post the previous decades li...

Notes on two recent Steven Soderbergh films: Presence (2024) Black Bag (2025) Very few directors can boast the career arc of Steven So...

The multi-genre bending world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa One’s view of Kiyoshi Kurosawa will vary depending on which film of his one comes across...

  L’Empire (The Empire, 2024, Bruno Dumont) L'Empire   © Tessalit Productions Bruno Dumont’s newest feature L’Empire falls firmly in th...

With Cannes 2025 officially underway, I am taking inspiration from The Disapproving Swede to revisit the past few years to make a Top 10 l...

Notes on all six of Lee Chang-dong’s directed features up to date: Green Fish (1997) Peppermint Candy (1999) Oasis (2002) Secret Sun...