The legendary director’s latest thriller boasts a strong cast and explosive finale but lacks the colourful characters and charm that defined his best work
The streaming giant and local filmmakers are reshaping festive storytelling with relatable, binge-worthy South African stories
A layered, indie-styled character study, the film is a meditation on failure, family and fragile identity
Movie theatres are empty but South African stories are abundant — what’s the disconnect?
The property group says it is reducing space it lets to underperforming tenants
Sean Cameron Michael plays the villain Jeremiah Mills in the movie Masinga The Calling
A Palestinian film director speaks on the sidelines of the Aswan International Women Film Festival
‘After decades of mass products, society wanted to move back to the artisanal and great quality’
The R250 million transaction involved dealing with the cinema group’s debt, as well as the purchase of 100% of its shares by UK and local firms
The season’s finale leaves our two reviewers wanting
With the invention of the cell phone, anyone can make a movie. With the creation of the 1-Minute Film Festival, anyone’s movie can be seen.
With the growth of South Africa’s film industry, royalties from music licensing is becoming an increasingly viable revenue stream for artists
The release of the new James Bond, film’s favourite super spy, is more significant than ever
Industry experts say movie theatres will survive the effects of the lockdown only if more of them start providing an experience viewers can’t replicate at home
In Kurdish-held areas of the northeast, filmmaker Shero Hinde is screening films in remote villages using just a laptop, projector and a canvas screen
Businessman and film doyen Moosa Moosa, the second generation of the Moosa film family, has passed away
AMC Entertainment has been granted the first licence to operate cinemas, with Saudi state media saying the US giant is expected to open 40 cinemas
Despite earlier reports in the German media that between 20 and 50 people were hurt, police said none of the hostages were injured in the attack.
The Labia cinema in Cape Town gets the documentary season off to an early start with the Sunday Bloody Slamdance film festival this weekend.
The Hughes brothers’ debut feature, Menace II Society, was a clichéd story of the hood; filmed with flair on a budget of $3-million, it grossed over 10 times that amount. Dead…
