City meets celluloid

Film rights to Lauren Beukes's Zoo City have been awarded to a local producer. We spoke to Beukes about adapting her award-winning novel.

A history of violence

Two South African movies open this week, and they couldn't be more different.

Parochial comedy not lost in translation

Perhaps because Skeem is unapologetically South African, it was a hit at the Abu Dhabi film festival.

Political clichés not thrilling

In Retribution, the national film fund has backed another 'crisis of masculinity' film, argues Gillian Schutte.

Beauty and the beast within

An all-male orgy of married Afrikaners is just one of the scenes from Skoonheid that shocked -- and impressed -- the Cannes Film Festival judge

We don't get the picture

Film industry insider Ronnie Apteker says South Africa has all the right ingredients -- except world-class scripts.

Hollywood se voet

Have you heard? American star Jennifer Hudson will be playing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in an upcoming biopic.

Just the two of us

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews the new South African film, Discreet, starring James and Anel Alexander.

Shooting stars in the Karoo

Zinaid Meeran attended a crash course on the status of the national identity at the Apollo Film Festival in Victoria West.

A cyberpunk's search for consciousness

James Loudon previews Mike Kawitzky's new feature film Cognition Factor, which premieres at the National Arts Festival.

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