Featured Movie Review: ‘n Man Soos My Pa (2015)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling ‘n Man Soos My Pa’, which means ‘A Man Like My Father’, is an Afrikaans ensemble drama about
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Featured Movie Review: The Bang Bang Club (2010)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling The Bang Bang Club is the story of four conflict photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and
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Featured Movie Review: Love by Chance (2017)
Film Critic: Theresa Smith Love by Chance is a glossy film that is a rom-com in name only. Stocked with beautiful black people
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Featured Movie Review: A Millions Colours (2011)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling A Million Colours also known as Colors of Heaven is based on the true story of two best
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Featured Movie Review: Die Seemeeu (2018)
Film Critic: Theresa Smith Sharp, nasty, brittle, thought-provoking, Christiaan Olwagen’s film Die Seemeeu makes for uncomfortable but absorbing viewing, like watching a train
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Featured Movie Review: Ayanda (2015)
Film Critic: Claudia Hauter Ayanda is a film about a creative, young Jo’burger who tries to rescues her late father’s motor repair shop,
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Featured Movie Review: Late Bloomer (2022)
Film Critic: Gabi Zietsman If you’ve zoomed past the 30-year mark, life tends to become a series of milestones that you haven’t reached
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Featured Movie Review: Amandla (2022)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling In South Africa, films that echo themes from the country’s darkest days are often criticised for being stuck
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Featured Movie Review: Johnny Is nie dood nie (2016)
Many times when it comes to Afrikaans films, the most positive thing you can say is, at least it had a great soundtrack.
Johnny is nie dood nie though doesn’t have a great soundtrack despite itself, but revolves its entire story around the soundtrack to an entire generation of Afrikaners’ political awakening.
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Featured Movie Review: Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017)
Contrary to confused belief, Five Fingers for Marseilles is not South Africa’s first Western. Our film industry is well-aged and with it comes eons of storytelling ingrained in our very souls.
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