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Psychological terror: Michael Johnston and Inde Navarette in Obsession. Photos: Supplied
A24

Could these twenty-something YouTubers be the future of cinema?

A wave of YouTuber-turned box-office-record-breaking horror auteurs have Hollywood nervous and rethinking the filmmaking playbook

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read
Anthony Mackie plays Captain America. Photo ©Marvel Studios
ANTHONY MACKIE

Captain America: Boring old world

The 35th entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe proves to be a stale and uninspiring slog

  • Kibo Ngowi
5 min read
Char Carrie in Cycles Part 3. Credit: Duncan van der Merwe.
EUPHORIA

South Africa’s 1-Minute Film Festival is reshaping the art of storytelling

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.

  • Eli Osei
5 min read
National treasure: John Kani has always believed in approaching the artistic process as an honest journey, and with an open heart. (Paul Botes/M&G)
ACTING

Q&A Sessions: From sangomas to the world’s biggest stages, John Kani has seen it all

His father took him to isangoma when he wanted to be an actor. Today Dr John Kani is revered the world over. He tells Athandiwe Saba about his passions

  • Athandiwe Saba
7 min read
ADOLF HITLER

Late Captain America back from the dead?

Comic-book hero Captain America may not be back from the dead, but he is back — sort of. After Marvel Comics unexpectedly killed off the champion of liberty and the American way…

  • Angela K Brown
2 min read