Film

“Democracy is for the capitalists and their children’s children,” says activist Moekheti Khoda near the end of the documentary Black Lives...

The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), now in its 19th consecutive year, is a...

“Silence for me is when the audience starts to watch,” says filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, via email from the Sydney Film Festival. 

I think we can all agree that Captain America: Civil War is a kickass movie. It has balanced action, a huge...

The European Film Festival kicks off in South Africa on May 6 with 11 films from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands,...

There are moments in the beginning of The People versus the Rainbow Nation where you brace yourself for an up-to-date report from the...

The Ethiopian film industry is growing, though most feature films, especially those shot in the country’s working language Amharic, are based on...

First-time film director Thabang Moleya can pat himself on the back for helming a hit movie on debut: the romantic drama Happiness is a...

Confronted with questions about why the jury of the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival had no people of colour serving on it, jury president –...

The recent local success of Happiness is a Four-Letter Word seems to herald a new box-office momentum for romantic comedies in South...

As the #OscarsSoWhite protest reaches its climax in advance of the Academy awards, a wide-ranging academic study suggests that the problem in...

When Stick Man premiered on BBC1 on Christmas Day in 2015, it was one of the most watched programmes in the United Kingdom, with more than...

Actor Sylvester Stallone, who is thrilled to be back as an Oscar contender for the first time in 40 years, said on Monday he...

Ian McKellen, the veteran British actor who found global fame through the Lord of the Rings movies, has cautioned that homophobia is as...

December 2015 will go down in history as a monumental moment for Saudi Arabia, which, for the first time, allowed women to cast votes in municipal...