<b>Thriller of the week:</b> I found <i>The Deep End</i> a seriously provocative movie, one that left me with a persistent sense of unease, despite (or emphasised by) the beauty of its images, writes Shaun de Waal.
Various literary and book-related events are lined up for readers and book-lovers around the country over the coming months, writes Shaun de Waal.
<b>REVIEW:</b> <i>Robert Mugabe: Power, Plunder and Tyranny in Zimbabwe</i> by Martin Meredith (Jonathan Ball).
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/ 27 February 2002
In South Africa to promote her new novel, author Gillian Slovo speaks to Shaun de Waal.
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/ 18 February 2002
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Friday ULTIMATELY, 20twenty’s most famous billboard pay-off line, a quote from Microsoft chief Bill Gates – “Banking is necessary, banks are not” – has come back to haunt it – and most certainly its parent, Saambou. Despite being a rising local Internet star, the virtual bank is now part of the […]
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/ 1 February 2002
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b><p> While we should really all be getting a bit stern about the idea of glorifying crime, it’s hard not to like all the criminal characters — and <i>Ocean’s Eleven</i> — very much, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 25 January 2002
<b>NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> <i>Vanilla Sky</i> is one of those films that diminish in retrospect, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 18 January 2002
Filmmaker Mira Nair talks about love, yoga and her recipe for making rain, writes Shaun de Waal.