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Mobile cinema brings movie magic to Syria Kurd children
In Kurdish-held areas of the northeast, filmmaker Shero Hinde is screening films in remote villages using just a laptop, projector and a canvas screen
Witch’s hat and Jack Ruby’s gun under the hammer
The items are like a march through some of the most famous moments in 20th-century American history, some of them real, some of them cinematic: from the shooting of Lee Harvey…
Birth and death and everything in between
<b>MOVIES OF THE WEEK:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews two comedies out on circuit this week <i>Knocked Up</i> and <i>Death at a Funeral</i>
‘Mime knows neither borders nor nationalities’
The world’s best-known mime artist, Marcel Marceau, has died aged 84, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon’s office said on September 23. For decades, Marceau epitomised his…
French mime artist Marcel Marceau dies
The world’s best-known mime artist, Marcel Marceau, has died aged 84, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon’s office said on Sunday. For decades, Marceau epitomised his silent…
Encounters of an informative kind
Shea Karssing looks at what’s on offer at this year’s Encounters South African Documentary Festival.