Films
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Four films are low on romance and responsibility
A new film franchise explores modern love but fumbles the chemistry and connection
What did you do this weekend?
I played the lead in a film that took just 48 hours to make as part of an international competition.
Taking pot shots at Polanski
The director’s masterful, technically brilliant work is lacking in humanity
‘Festivals must play their role when disasters occur’
A Palestinian film director speaks on the sidelines of the Aswan International Women Film Festival
Inkabi is a hit for the local industry
The film, which is in the top 10 on Netflix, shows what can be achieved on a small budget
Death of a Whistleblower: Bravery blow by blow
A gripping South African political thriller expands on the theme of whistleblowers
Bob Marley biopic: Less legend, more human
Film has all the hits, none of the misses – and very little of the miss-e
Film explores people power
A Sri Lankan documentary about the overthrow of its despotic leader is being shown locally
Getting to the Hart of the action
More action than comedy, Lift makes the actor’s dream come true while exploring issues around money and who exactly the bad guys are
Nakhane’s notable journey into movies
After bringing out an album earlier this year, the multi-talented Nakhane has a film in the pipeline
Film is a quizzical look at siblings
‘Quiz Lady’ follows the journey of two Asian-American sisters towards healing their rift
OPINION | How film can shape our understanding of African queer realities
‘Inxeba/The Wound’ is but one of the films of the growing body of literary and visual texts which have focused on queer lived experiences in Africa.
‘No Time to Die’: James Bond’s not-so-secret mission to save cinema
The release of the new James Bond, film’s favourite super spy, is more significant than ever
Matthew Krouse’s ‘mid-career retrospective of a no career’
An exhibition of Matthew Krouse’s underground films reveal an agitator awed by the tradition of ‘dirty queens’
Ma Rainey robbed of complexity on a ‘Negro’ path leading nowhere
The life of blues pioneer Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey and her song Black Bottom have been turned into a film. Bongani Madondo laments its anticlimax