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Mixed messages: Andile (Kay Sibiya) and Jessica (Trix Vivier) in the second film in the series Umjolo: Day Ones. Photo: Netflix

Four films are low on romance and responsibility

A new film franchise explores modern love but fumbles the chemistry and connection

Reely cool: Busi Lethole is the principal protagonist in Epilogue, a film made in just two days as part of the 48 Hour Film Project, which takes place in more than 100 cities around the globe every year.

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.

Violence: Director Roman Polanski’s experience of Nazi crimes as a child and the murder of his wife Sharon Tate might have contributed to the tendency towards brutality in his films. Photo: Beata Zawrzel/Getty Images

Taking pot shots at Polanski

The director’s masterful, technically brilliant work is lacking in humanity

Resistance: Palestinian director Rashid Mashharawi at the Aswan International Women Film Festival. Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP

‘Festivals must play their role when disasters occur’

A Palestinian film director speaks on the sidelines of the Aswan International Women Film Festival

All that jazz: Director Norman Maake (centre) with the crew of Inkabi, a local film about a retired hitman, flanking him. Photo: African Encounters

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

A scene from the movie

Death of a Whistleblower: Bravery blow by blow

A gripping South African political thriller expands on the theme of whistleblowers

Bob Marley performs onstage at the Uptown Theater, Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 1979. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

Bob Marley biopic: Less legend, more human

Film has all the hits, none of the misses – and very little of the miss-e

A scene from Sri Lankan Sulochana Peiris’s documentary #GoHomeGota. Photo: Sudeepa Dhananjaya

Film explores people power

A Sri Lankan documentary about the overthrow of its despotic leader is being shown locally

More action than comedy, Lift makes the actor’s dream come true while exploring issues around money and who exactly the bad guys are. (Netflix)

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 and veteran actress Nandi Nyembe on the set of the film B(l)ind the Sacrifice, which is set to hit screens early next year. It was Nakhane’s first foray into writing and directing movies. Photo: Hazel Mphande

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

(Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)

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.

The release of the new James Bond, film’s favourite super spy, is more significant than ever. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

‘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

Sakawa is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of an online dating fraud syndicate in Ghana. (Supplied)

Sakawa Review: Ghana, e-waste and online dating scams

Sakawa is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of an online dating fraud syndicate in Ghana

Queer activist and filmmaker Bev Ditsie provides compelling reflections in the film (Supplied)

Review: ‘A New Country’ portrays the lingering aftertaste of a bittersweet freedom

Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel

Sifiso Khanyile (Supplied)

The List: Five films on the transition, selected by Sifiso Khanyile

Sifiso Khanyile, the maker of Uprize! and A New Country, selects five documentaries that influenced his latest film

Tomasz Kot plays Wiktor in Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War (Supplied)

The European Film Festival highlights how people respond to the disruptive changes

In this interview film festival director Peter Rorvik sheds light on his curatorial vision and some of the themes emerging from the festival.

On the inside: Scenes of the courtroom

Accused #2 back in the dock

A virtual reality film about the Rivonia Trial points to the loss of our historical records

Billy Monk and a friend at the Catacombs nightclub in Cape Town where he was a bouncer. He took photographs as a side hustle, but they are now iconic records of unusual scenes in our history. (Don Ross)

Moving encounters with misfits and megastars

Film festival screens documentaries of several celebrities and some local artists

​Memories of black South African soldiers who bore arms and fought in War II

​Memories of black South African soldiers who bore arms and fought in War II

A filmmaker spoke to black South African World War II vets who told of being armed and fighting at El Alamein.