Shaun De Waal

Shaun de Waal has worked at the Mail & Guardian since 1989. He was literary editor from 1991 to 2006 and chief film critic for 15 years. He is now editor-at-large. Recent publications include Exposure: Queer Fiction, 25 Years of the Mail & Guardian and Not the Movie of the Week.

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/ 25 April 2006

Hopelessly close to home

The number of international refugees has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, but civil wars have led to a big rise in those forced to flee their homes while staying within the boundaries of their country, according to the United Nations.

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/ 17 March 2006

On the road

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Desperate Housewives‘s Felicity Huffman is a joy to behold in her role as a male-to-female transexual in Transamerica and surely deserved the Oscar that went to Reese Witherspoon, writes Shaun de Waal.

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/ 3 February 2006

Playing dirty

<b>NOT QUITE THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: In her new movie <i>North Country</i>, Charlize Theron does a solid, credible job in the lead role that allows her to get her pretty face dirty without having to do the full <i>Monster</i>, writes Shaun de Waal.