Interview: Albert Pretorius on Character, Cringe, and the Art of Disappearing
Albert Pretorius is a performer who operates with the quiet, methodical precision of a master craftsman, leaving behind “no residue” as he seamlessly
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Featured Movie Review: Necktie Youth (2015)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Necktie Youth is a black-and-white drama with a documentary feel that attempts to capture the Zeitgeist of South
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Featured Movie Review: Little One (2012)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Little One tells the story of a woman who takes a young girl under her wing. While the
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Featured Movie Review: Four Corners (2013)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Pollsmoor Prison is overpopulated and way beyond capacity, famous for Nelson Mandela’s incarceration and infamous for its prolific
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Featured Movie Review: Invictus (2009)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Invictus is a film that attempts to capture the zeitgeist of the New South Africa in its infancy.
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Featured Movie Review: Verraaiers (2013)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Verraaiers (Traitors) is a historical drama from director-writer team, Paul Eilers and Salmon de Jager, who previously collaborated
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Featured Movie Review: Die Wonderwerker (2012)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Katinka Heyns, the acclaimed director behind South African classics like Paljas and Fiela se Kind, makes a much-anticipated
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Featured Movie Review: My Father’s War (2016)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling My Father’s War is a drama from writer-director, Craig Gardner, which examines the fractious relationship between David, a
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Featured Movie Review: Fanie Fourie’s Lobola (2013)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Fanie Fourie’s Lobola is better than you think. The title and movie poster conjure up what you’d imagine
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Featured Movie Review: Die Windpomp (2014)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Die Windpomp (The Windmill) is a mercurial genre butterfly. What starts out as a quirky, campy and quaint
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