Scribbles and Ramblings

Twilight ( Szürkület, 1990,  György Fehér) Courtesy: Arbelos Films György Fehér's  Twilight  looks and feels like Béla Tarr's Damnat...

Spotlight on Nina Menkes A long overdue spotlight on Nina Menkes focuses on 5 of her 6 directed features to date plus her second short fil...

Béla Tarr’s Contemplative Cinema Jan 6, 2026. Béla Tarr’s camera has stopped. No more pans, no more movements. Tarr announced his retireme...

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations  (AFCON) kicked off on Sun, Dec 21 and is a reminder of a time when I did film spotlights for the different s...

Spotlight on the Fast and Furious movies The idea of jotting down notes and ranking the Fast and Furious movies came after reading Barry ...

Spotlight on Nagisa Oshima If one had to describe the cinematic style of Nagisa Oshima, the words “radical”, “provocative”, “bold”, “pushi...