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Psychological terror: Michael Johnston and Inde Navarette in Obsession. Photos: Supplied
A24

Could these twenty-something YouTubers be the future of cinema?

A wave of YouTuber-turned box-office-record-breaking horror auteurs have Hollywood nervous and rethinking the filmmaking playbook

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read
King of Pop: The highly anticipated Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, arrives in theatres this week covering roughly 22 years of his life from performing as part of the Jackson 5 to touring to promote the album Bad.
ANTOINE FUQUA

‘Michael’ plays the hits but avoids the hard questions

The long-awaited ‘Michael’ biopic dazzles with iconic recreations and a star-making performance but struggles to uncover the man behind the legend

  • Kibo Ngowi
7 min read
Star-studded: A scene from Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’, which has his signature pastel palette and array of subplots and characters
ASTEROID CITY

Wes Anderson’s new film ‘Asteroid City’ is out of this world

A 1950s desert town is visited by friendly aliens and whimsical weirdos in the latest offering from director Wes Anderson

  • Kimberley Schoeman
4 min read