Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
movie of the weeklatest news & developments

Movie of the week: ‘Long Walk to Freedom’

The makers of "Long Walk to Freedom" have made a highly watchable film of Nelson Mandela’s life story while remaining faithful to the facts.

Movie of the week: Finding The One, again

Elaine Benes meets Tony Soprano in a smart movie titled "Enough Said", about the truimph of being in love while middle aged.

Shades of grey on open seas

Tom Hanks stars as a merchant marine captin in the action thriller, Captain Phillips.

This wasn’t in the Jobs description

Steve Jobs died two years ago this month. They should have waited a few more years before releasing Jobs.

Fire and force: Jake Gyllenhaal’s detective must deal with an unravelling Hugh Jackman’s rough fury, as he searches for missing children in Prisoners. (Supplied)

Movie of the week: The all-consuming rage in ‘Prisoners’

Hugh Jackman finally gets a movie to sink his claws into. In "Prisoners", he plays Keller Dover, the archetypal patriarch.

Peacock of the ivories

Steven Soderbergh’s Behind the Candelabra is about the love match between the pianist Liberace and his bisexual young companion Scott Thorson.

Modern relationship: Lily Collins and Michael Angarano in a scene from The English Teacher.

English Teacher, please stay behind after class

This is the story of the little movie that could have done better. What The English Teacher gets right is the tone and style of the indie sleeper.

Up in arms:Riz Ahmed in  The Reluctant Fundamentalist

A deadly dialogue

Wikipedia conveniently offers a summary of Mohsin Hamid’s highly acclaimed 2007 novel, <em> The Reluctant Fundamentalist</em>.