Neil LaBute’s first two films, <i>In the Company of Men</i> and <i>Your Friends and Neighbours</i>, were the blackest of black comedies – labyrinths of sexual betrayal that showed men and women (but particularly men) at their lowest and nastiest. His new film, <b>Nurse Betty</b>, has a different tone altogether; it is offbeat and edged with darkness, but is lighter, sweeter and gentler than one might have expected.
It would be easy to dismiss the late John Berry’s cinematic adaptation of Athol Fugard’s play <b>Boesman and Lena</b>; those American accents and their perfect white teeth; the fact that Danny Glover in no way resembles anything approaching a San-Bushman or a "Hotnot"; the geographical problem of talking Eastern Cape when we’re clearly in the Western Cape; but that would be missing quite a few points.
Roshila Pillay food In Hindu mythology, King Dasaratha greatly desired an heir. As part of the prescribed ceremony, he gave each of his three wives a cake to eat and subsequently the gods generously granted him four sons (one of his wives had twins). Desserts or sweetmeats, as they’re known in Indian culture are an […]
Paul Lester CD OFTHEWEEK Perhaps even more than Fatboy Slim and the Chemical Brothers, Artful Dodger are the most successful dance act in the United Kingdom today. Southampton thirtysomethings Mark Hill and Pete Devereux sold upwards of 1,5-million copies of their first three singles, Re-Rewind, Movin’ Too Fast and Woman Trouble, over the last 12 […]
Doug Pollitt in Toronto Gold mining is a miserable place to do business these days. Sure, a soft local currency cushions things a little, but it nonetheless remains that production is declining, reserves are depleting and future prospects are dimming. Imagine looking up as you, a gold miner, take the cage down for the start […]
Thebe Mabanga MUSIC Guitar prodigy Selaelo Selota will be well advised to savour the adulation that comes with the status of being in vogue on the music scene a fact that was confirmed with a South African Music Award (Sama) for best newcomer recently.? For lurking ominously in the background is Ernest John Smith, who […]
Bruce Whitfield Stockbrokers and analysts have been lured away by a United States subsidiary of the world’s biggest banking group, which looks poised to set up shop in South Africa. At least 20 stockbroking staff and analysts are leaving ING Barings South Africa to join US-based Citigroup subsidiary Salomon Smith Barney, which is due to […]
Alec Hogg Boardroom talk The detailed performances of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) during the first quarter of this year show there is still very good money to be made on shares provided you pick the right stocks. And judging from the experience of the first three months, finding companies involved in “corporate action” produces […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The head of Sanco Investment Holdings (SIH), the investment arm of the South African National Civics Organisation (Sanco), has accused the president of Sanco of conspiring with a former employee to destroy the company. Moses Mayekiso, the managing director of SIH, and Sanco president Mlungisi Hlongwane are both contesting the presidency […]
Martin Gillingham road running South Africa might be without a royal household but this weekend one of the republic’s subjects could well find himself crowned monarch of his own kingdom in a ceremony performed right in front of Buckingham Palace. There may be nothing blue about the stuff that flows through Hendrick Ramaala’s veins but […]