<b>Movies of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal discusses Roman Polanski’s <i>The Pianist</i>, starring Adrien Brody, and rapper Eminem’s <i>8 Mile</i>.
Movie of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-nominated new film, <i>Talk to Her</i>.
<b>Movie of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews Martin Scorsese’s <i>Gangs of New York</i>, a violent movie about history and politics.
The Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which runs in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, spreads its wings, reports Shaun de Waal.
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/ 28 February 2003
<b>Movie of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews <i>About Schmidt</i>, the new drama starring Jack Nicholson.
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/ 21 February 2003
<b>Review:</b> The Mind in the Cave
by David Lewis-Williams
(Thames & Hudson)
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/ 14 February 2003
Valentine’s Day movies of the week, by Shaun de Waal.
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/ 7 February 2003
<b>Movie of the week:</b> Schrader’s new movie, <i>Auto Focus</i>, is based on the real-life story of Bob Crane, a minor Sixties TV star who was found bashed to death in a hotel room in 1978. Shaun de Waal reviews.
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/ 17 January 2003
<b>Not quite art movie of the week:</b> <i>Frida</i> looks great but is not all it could be. It lacks something, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 17 January 2003
<b>Not quite thriller of the week:</b> <i>Red Dragon</i> is baroquely overcooked, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 10 January 2003
<b>Thrillers of the week:</b> <i>Trapped</i> and <i>One Hour Photo</i>, opening this week, focus on a threat to the family — a favoured American theme, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 13 December 2002
<b>Movie of the week:</b> At just under three hours, <i>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</i> is quite long enough, and the attention to detail, in the midst of all the big things, is staggering as it is, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 6 December 2002
<b>Movie of the week:</b> The latest movie in the James Bond series, <i>Die Another Day</i>, is one of the better of recent years, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 6 December 2002
The turmoil at Wits over vice-chancellor Norma Reid Birley has been devastating to the university and the nation — particularly against the background of Professor Malegapuru Makgoba’s experience as deputy vice-chancellor. Of course, Wits will bounce back to continue advancing knowledge and civilisation nationally and internationally.
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/ 29 November 2002
Youth radio station YFM 99.2 is finding clever ways to bring out the spark of creativity in its listeners, and to offer life-changing skills to a select few.
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/ 29 November 2002
<b>Movie of the week:</b> If your primary goal is to keep the kids quiet for two and a half hours, then <i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i> may well suffice, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 29 November 2002
I am a 25-year-old rape survivor. I am educated, and work as a consultant for a bank. I was lucky.
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/ 22 November 2002
<b>Movie of the week</b>: <i>Barbershop</i> is not so much about attitude and defiance as it is about survival and dignity, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 22 November 2002
The article "Rome, AD … Rome, DC" by The Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland (Comment & Analysis, November 15) was entertaining and highly suggestive about the imperial character of the United States today. However, it revealed a fatal flaw in our substantial reliance on Western correspondents for our view of the world.
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/ 8 November 2002
Not the movie of the week:</b> <i>Signs</i>’s sickly religiosity turns it from a competent B-movie into a piece of Hollywood fluff, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 1 November 2002
In his recent column, Richard Calland once more recites the tired old mantra that the Democratic Party’s 1999 "fight back" election campaign represented a "conservative agenda far removed from the liberal heritage of the DP" ("Campaign 2004 starts now", October 25).
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/ 25 October 2002
Photographer Obie Oberholzer is an interesting bunch of guys. He spoke to Shaun de Waal.
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/ 25 October 2002
While I love my country, I have never been so ashamed of it.
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/ 18 October 2002
<b>Movie of the week:</b> LaBute’s <i>Possession</i> is not as rich a dish as Byatt’s, but neither is it fast food, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 18 October 2002
<b>Review: </b><i>Ted Hughes: the Life of a Poet</i>
by Elaine Feinstein
(Orion)
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/ 20 September 2002
<b>Movies of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal watched two father/son dramas <i>Road to Perdition</i> and <i>The Safety of Objects</i> and finds the one compelling but the other unconvincing.
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/ 20 September 2002
I read with a mixture of dismay and disbelief David Macfarlane’s sensationalised account of the events surrounding the lecture given by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres at the Linder Auditorium on September 2 ("Israeli takeover at Wits sparks fury", September 6). To add insult to injury, the editorial ("Goon brigade") endorsed his surreal hatchet job. The anti-Israel bias of the Mail & Guardian has frequently surfaced of late, but never in so petty and malicious a manner.
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/ 13 September 2002
I have to question the journalistic integrity of the Mail & Guardian, which chooses to write a totally sensationalist article based on information given to it rather than take the word of the Israeli embassy in Pretoria, which denies what has been reported ("Israeli takeover at Wits sparks fury", September 6).
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/ 6 September 2002
<b>Movie of the week:</b> <i>Gosford Park</i> works brilliantly to create a feeling of unease and instability, just right for a murder mystery, as well as for a mordant commentary on class, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 5 September 2002
I do not wish to endorse any of the methods of the police in dealing with protesters at the World Summit. Nor am I fooled by the government’s sudden commitment to implementing the law. It won’t last longer than the conference.
When I grow up I would like to be an economist. If I fail to come of age intellectually I will, however, simply continue reporting on the subject. The best soccer writers and theatre critics are often failed players, actors or directors.
United States President George W Bush’s statement that "poverty remains a huge and urgent global problem" and that "we will stand together in Johannesburg to bring our full support to this important battle" must ring hollow given that he has not deemed it necessary or worth his while to attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. The ever available Secretary of State Colin Powell will instead be representing the US.