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.
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.
Leading Africa scholar Stephen Chan speaks on election monitoring and martial arts.
<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.