South African cinema: Bums on seats, at last?
Two South African films are being touted as successes: Semi-Soet, a frothy romantic comedy, and Material, a heart-warming family drama.
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Semi-Soet: Spoonfuls of sugar
Slick, vanilla Afrikaans romcom Semi-Soet is just what the South African film industry needs, writes Phillip de Wet.
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How to steal a plotline
We have yet to hit upon a formula that marries the job of mirroring "the nation" and the business of making money.
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Catch it at the Apollo
South African cineastes and cinephiles can catch up with already-released South African films they might have missed at the Apollo Film Festival.
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Not quite cricket
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews Hansie, the story of South Africa's cricket hero, Hansie Cronje.
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South Africa on celluloid
Shaun de Waal reviews three new books on local cinema.
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