They have consistently failed fans and artists of late. What is required to regain our trust?
Lensman Mbuzeni Zulu’s subjects ranged from black popular culture to bloody unrest
Brave, entertaining and hopeful, this British sex comedy-drama delivers 97 very well-spent minutes
Decades later, Mbongeni Ngema’s work still has life lessons for South Africans in these dark days for our democracy
From these two reviews, one thing is clear, you’re either going to love or hate this film.
This year’s National Arts Festival in Makhanda – the first live one since the pandemic – tackles unemployment, the Marikana Massacre and the manner in which black women in society are written about
In the same league as the ability to document is the capacity to store and maintain the recorded footage
The season’s finale leaves our two reviewers wanting
A candid story about love; and how human beings’ shortcomings get in the way
With the invention of the cell phone, anyone can make a movie. With the creation of the 1-Minute Film Festival, anyone’s movie can be seen.
Gaia’ is more than an eerie, haunted forest film. It juxtaposes the beauty of the natural world with the fragility of our hi-tech, industrial society
With the growth of South Africa’s film industry, royalties from music licensing is becoming an increasingly viable revenue stream for artists
International streaming service Netflix will invest R900-million in the South African film and television industry, it announced at the 4th Annual South African Investment Conference on Thursday. Four productions will come from the commitment — three local and one international — all to be filmed in South Africa by 2023. Netflix has about 200 million members […]
The Ugandan film, directed by Loukman Ali, teaches that the good thing to do is not always the right thing
In the acclaimed ‘Minari’, now streaming on Showmax, a Korean family start farming and fuming in the Ozarks
Kemi Adetiba’s Netflix miniseries is certainly stylish — but it’s missing the panache of the original
Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese grew up in a village, taught himself to use a camera and has gone on to win prestigious awards at international festivals
Fast-paced and densely structured, a new documentary retrieves Dulcie September from the confines of ‘forgotten apartheid hero’
Thirty-three years since Dulcie September’s assassination, a new documentary hopes to bring her name back into the public consciousness
The fêted This is not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection finally hits national cinemas on 21 May. Director Lemohang Mosese speaks about working with Mary Twala Mhlongo, mothers, and more
Amy Jephta and Ephraim Gordon have written and directed a noir TV series that evokes nostalgia as well as tension and violence
Fancy figuring how a torn-up shoe inspired Sechaba Morojele’s new film? Or sipping cocktails while listening to Tefo Mahola? Whatever your tastes, we’ve got you covered this long weekend
This performative documentary restores the historical record of the ‘great king’ of Mali
The 1990 documentary ‘South African Blues’ offers insight into the effects of exile on Jonas Gwangwa’s psyche
In ‘Rafiki’, director Wanuri Kahiu tells positive stories about queer, black lives. Her success has landed her new film projects in the United States
Industry experts say movie theatres will survive the effects of the lockdown only if more of them start providing an experience viewers can’t replicate at home
Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’, part of the ‘Small Axe’ anthology, is an ethereal interlude that takes us inside the blues party bubble
Khulekani Mayisa’s new film, Power to the Purple, is an intensely personal collaborative project
From art exhibitions to film festivals, we’ve got your entertainment covered this weekend to the next
From the virtual Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival to live theatre back on stage at the Baxter in Cape Town, we’ve got you covered
The film interrogates patriarchy, but the baseness of the US means there’s nothing left to send up
Pieter du Plessis’s post-apocalyptic film throws up some interesting questions, but it also needs to work a little harder