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Shaun De Waal

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/ 28 November 2008

At the rainbow’s end

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal on the political documentary Behind the Rainbow and the disappointing Mr Bones II.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 November 2008

Koras and chorales

The simplicity of Michael Blake’s music blends a feeling of old and new at the same time, writes Shaun de Waal.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 21 November 2008

Quibble of Sanguinity

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews the latest James Bond film, <i>Quantum of Solace</i>.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 November 2008

Just the two of us

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews the new South African film, <i>Discreet</i>, starring James and Anel Alexander.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 31 October 2008

Boys do cry

MOVIES OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Stop-Loss</i> from the director of <i>Boys Don’t Cry</i> and <i>Pineapple Express</i>.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 17 October 2008

Every move you make …

NOT QUITE THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Eagle Eye</i> from the director and star of <i>Disturbia</i>.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 19 September 2008

The eyes have it

MOVIES OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews Hellboy II: The Golden Army, while Peter Bradshaw reviews Colin Farrell’s latest, In Bruges.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 September 2008

Where love has gone

MOVIES OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal looks at some of the interesting offerings at this year’s Out in Africa Film Festival.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 11 September 2008

Pain on the beat

Jonny Steinberg’s new book takes a look at South African policing from the back of a cop van. He spoke to Shaun de Waal.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 8 September 2008

Against hate, in favour of humour

Shaun de Waal takes a look at the South African short films on at <i>Out in Africa</i> festival, tha opened last week.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 September 2008

Hammer of the gods

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Tropic Thunder</i>, about the making of a movie about the Vietnam war.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 September 2008

A plot gone missing

ON CIRCUIT: Action adventure <i>Babylon AD</i>, which stars Vin Diesel and Gerard Dpardieu.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 3 September 2008

Microcosms of Umkhonto

Shaun de Waal reads Raymond Suttner’s new book which reveals sociological­, political as well as familial aspects of MK.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 29 August 2008

Su-per-per trouper-pers

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews the ABBA-inspired musical, <i> Mamma Mia!</i>, starring a singing, dancing Meryl Streep.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 15 August 2008

Of dams and democracies

MOVIES OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal gives his view on "big-screen doccies" and reviews <i>Up the Yangtze</i> as well as <i> Please Vote for Me</i>.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 3 August 2008

The David Duchovny Files

Shaun de Waal went to London to meet David Duchovny and found himself unexpectedly charmed.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 1 August 2008

Where is the X-factor?

NOT QUITE THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <i> The X-Files: I Want to Believe</i>

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 31 July 2008

The Godfather, more beautiful than ever

Shaun de Waal finds out more about Francis Ford Coppola’s fully restored <i>Godfather</i> trilogy, out on DVD, and reviews more DVD releases.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 July 2008

Dark Knight of the soul

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews the latest <i>Batman</i> instalment, <i> The Dark Knight</i>, and likes its sense of realism.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 July 2008

Spy who loved me

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: <i>Lust, Caution</i> is entirely engrossing, despite its slow pace and its length, with superb performances throughout.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 18 July 2008

Lock, stock and wild speculation

ON CIRCUIT: <i> The Bank Job</i>, <i>Drillbit Taylor</i> and <i>Journey to the Centre of the Earth</i> are reviewed.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 9 July 2008

States of emergency

Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Verhale</i>, the single-volume collection of Koos Prinsloo’s short fictions

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 4 July 2008

Flicks for chicks and chaps

Something for everyone: <i>The Jane Austen Book Club</i>, <i>Eastern Promises</i>, <i>No Country for Old Men</i> … Shaun de Waal reviews new DVDs.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 13 June 2008

Another green world

<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>The Incredible Hulk</i>, starring Edward Norton.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 8 June 2008

Stigmata for my father

As the classic form of the elegy shows, memory can be especially potent when allowed to coalesce around the loss of a loved one.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 June 2008

God in the machine

<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: <i>The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian</i>

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 1 June 2008

Life’s rich oddness

<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK (well, next week)</b>: Shaun de Waal reviews the American indie pic <i>Me and You and Everyone We Know</i>.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 30 May 2008

Sex and the zzzzz …

<b>NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Sex and the City</i>, the movie based on the famous series of the same name.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 28 May 2008

Catching the wind

Shaun de Waal reviews Breyten Breytenbach’s <i>Die Windvanger</i>, Wilma Stockenström’s <i>The wisdom of Water </i> and Gail Dendy’s <i>The Lady Missionary </i>

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 23 May 2008

As you lay dying

Anne Landsman’s new novel draws on a seam of memory. She spoke to Shaun de Waal about writing a father’s story.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 16 May 2008

Barely able to put it down

Shardlake IV is on the shelves — and flying off them — in the United Kingdom and South Africa.

By Shaun De Waal
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/ 9 May 2008

Do me a favela

<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>City of Men</i>, a film directed by a protégé of <i>City of God</i> creator Fernando Meirelles.

By Shaun De Waal
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