Djo Tunda wa Munga’s picture of life in Kinshasa is all about survival and a future devoid of hope.
<b>Shaun de Waal</b> interviews Hélène Smit about her book on depth psychology.
<i>Colombiana</i> is a fairly satisfying film, if you’re into shooting and chasing and jumping.
<i>TAC — Taking Haart</i> could be seen as propaganda, or part of the TAC’s campaign to win hearts and minds. But it’s good propoganda.
We have yet to hit upon a formula that marries the job of mirroring "the nation" and the business of making money.
<i>Conan the Barbarian</i> is not all that barbaric, despite all the limb-severing and so forth.
Leading Africa scholar Stephen Chan speaks on election monitoring and martial arts.
Two movies this week deal with the way the past can haunt the present, and both in the context of countries with a history of political violence.
<em>The Tree of Life </em>seems to linger lovingly over itself, especially its own awed pondering.
The Out in Africa film festival is now staggered throughout the year, and <i>Leave It on the Floor</i> is the festival offering currently on show.