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Mysterious guide: Maurice Carpede as Atshumao in The Trek. Photos: Supplied
SOUTH AFRICAN FILM

In ‘The Trek’, the land speaks for itself

Discover 'The Trek', a powerful South African film arriving in cinemas on July 31. Set in the unforgiving Kgalagadi desert, this genre-defying blend of western, horror, and…

  • Kibo Ngowi
7 min read
Xenophobia is fear and anger weaponised against the vulnerable – and it’s deadly. File photo
HATRED

Evil doesn’t wait for language: We must name xenophobia for what it is

But there is hope. Poor South Africans, the very people Operation Dudula claims to represent, are standing against this form of hatred and extreme violence

  • Nigel Branken
7 min read
After a successful run at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honourable mention, Mlungu Wam comes home for public screenings in Cape Town and Johannesburg from 20 October to 5 November.
FILM

Mlungu Wam: The international success story that returns to South Africa

After a successful run at the Toronto International Film Festival, filmmakers Babalwa Baartman and Jenna Cato Bass hope Mlungu Wam will be even better received at home

  • Lumumba Mthembu
7 min read
Flirty camaraderie: Kate Siegel and Zach Gilford star in Mike Flanagan’s Netflix horror series Midnight Mass. (Eike Schroter/Netflix)
AMERICAN GOTHIC

Screen Grab: A demon of tedium stalks the ‘Midnight Mass’

Mike Flanagan’s Netflix horror series might make you scream for the wrong reason: its heroes are haunted by self-help bollocks

  • Carlos Amato
3 min read