For the first time, the real life tragedy of the slaughter of rhino has become the focus of a major feature film – “Bloodline: Now or Never”. The trailer – featuring a ‘Rhino Rambo’ on a mission – is available to view below. The war on rhino poachers has a new eco-action hero – Gabriel. He’s a […]

Modder En Bloed won the prestigious Audience Choice Award – Best Feature Drama – at the annual Sedona International Film Festival in Phoenix, USA, this weekend. (Please scroll down for videos & Afrikaans version.) Writer, director and producer Sean Else was in Sedona to accept the award and hailed it as a tremendous team effort […]

I watched ‘Out of Africa’ for the first time just now, writes VIV VERMAAK. OVERALL SCORE: ‘Meh’ out of 10. MOVIE REVIEW: For starters, way too long. I know movie producers place their money on the suspension of the ‘neverending f**k’, but jissus, it took the main players seven years to get together in this story. […]

Hollywood stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway came on stage to present Best Picture. Beatty paused momentarily after the reading of the nominees, then handed the announcement to Dunaway who declared hot favourite La La Land, a musical about an inspiring actress, the winner. However, as the producers made their speeches, host Jimmy Kimmel and […]

‘Stick Man’, South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studios’ collaboration with Magic Light Pictures, won four awards at the Kidscreen Awards last week, making it the most awarded animation on the night.. and bringing its awards total to 11. Stick Man beat Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas and Bruno & Boots: Go Jump In The Pool to […]

South African actress Charlize Theron has been named as one of the presenters of the 89th Oscars, to be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel next Sunday 26 February 2017. Charlize will be joined by Amy Adams, Riz Ahmed, Javier Bardem, John Cho, Dwayne Johnson, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo and Emma Stone, amongst others.  Charlize is no stranger to […]

Two movies with South African themes have generated a lot of interest at the famous Sundance Film Festival in Utah, United States. They are ‘Trophy’ and ‘The Wound’ – shining a spotlight respectively on hunting’s role in wildlife conservation, and on sexuality and masculinity. Trophy is a documentary about poaching, wildlife conservation and the complex role […]

“Love Thy Neighbour… But Don’t Get Caught!” is the catch phrase behind a brilliant new South African movie, ‘Keeping Up with The Kandasamys’. Shanti Naidoo and Jennifer Kandasamy are matriarchal rivals of neighbouring families in the South African film, whose young adult children become romantically involved. And the last thing these two Chatsworth mothers need […]

The first trailer for ‘Mandela’s Gun’ has just been released, ahead of its world premiere on Friday night, 28 October, when it opens the inaugural Joburg Film Festival. The film stars SAFTA-winner, Tumisho Masha, as the first South African to play Nelson Mandela in the lead role of a major film. Mandela’s Gun is both a spy thriller […]

African stories and black protagonists show diversity is on the rise at the 60th London Film Festival which kicked off on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report (watch video below). The opening film – “A United Kingdom” – tells the true story of an African king and white British woman whose marriage triggered a political crisis […]

Afrikaans feature film, Noem My Skollie, has been nominated as South Africa’s official entrant into the 89th Annual Academy Awards! The film, which was launched in South Africa earlier this month by Ster Kinekor Entertainment and is still on circuit, has been selected by a special jury – put together by the National Film and Video […]

There’s an interesting new movie premiering tonight at the Labia Theatre in Cape Town, South Africa. It’s called “Let’s Be Frank”… but to be frank, we’re not quite sure what it’s about! #WHOISFRANK? Watch the trailer below and try work it out! According to the film’s website, it’s 50 minutes and slots into the documentary and […]

Well-known South African casting director Moonyeenn Lee is the first South African to be included on the panel of movie people around the world who will chose the next Oscar winners. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which presides over the annual Oscars, named its 683 new panel members last week. It has been a […]

Italian actor Bud Spencer passed away peacefully on Monday in Rome, at the age of 86, with his family around him. His family tweeted a message saying: “With our deepest regrets, we have to tell you that Bud is flying to his next journey.” According to his son his last words were “thank you”. The actor […]

As Matthew McConaughey gets spotted in Cavendish Square the past weekend – he’s in the country to shoot a movie – and Cape Town announced it has issued a record number of movie-shooting permits so far in 2016, we list some of the movies being shot or recently shot in SA. 1. The Odyssey (l’Odyssée) A biopic […]

Two of South Africa’s best-known actors, Marius Weyers and Sandra Prinsloo, who were seen around the world in the movie “The Gods Must be Crazy”, have teamed up again for a new thriller that is being released in July. The two, who have become sort of acting royalty, have been acting together for a long time, at […]

A new six-part mini-series based on the life of Nelson Mandela and starring an international and South African cast has started shooting in Johannesburg. The cast for the BET series “Madiba”, which includes American Laurence Fishburne (the “Matrix” series, “Contagion”, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”) as Mandela and Orlando Jones as Oliver Tambo, will also showcase […]

On a night when Alison Botha desperately needed a hero – after being raped, stabbed and left for dead – she became one. Her story is heartbreaking and empowering. Painful and uplifting. And has now been turned into a film – “Alison the Movie” – which will have its world premiere on Friday. (Watch trailer below.) For […]

A tragicomic movie about two terminally ill young men on the road in South Africa has been one of the top 10 movies in Germany for most of 2016. According to the write-up for “Der Geilste Tag” (The Most Beautiful Day), writer/director Florian David Fitz “co-stars alongside the hugely popular German star Matthias Schweighoefer and the duo play […]

If the new hero Black Panther in the latest “Captain America” movie sounds familiar, it’s because he has an accent that originates in South Africa. Chadwick Boseman, who plays the new character Black Panther in “Captain America: Civil War”, the superhero-filled movie that broke box office records last weekend when it opened in America, told talk […]

Shooting of “The Dark Tower”, based on the best-selling Stephen King book and starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, has started in Cape Town and the Western Cape. The movie is being directed by Dane Nikolaj Arcel, famous for making the first (and best) “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and the brilliant but much-overlooked “A Royal Affair”. […]

The SA movie industry is forging ahead with some great productions – from period pieces to cross-cultural love stories to tearjerkers and more. Have a look at the latest offerings. A group of soldiers in the Boer War find themselves sent to Saint Helena island in the Atlantic Ocean as prisoners of war in “Modder […]

South African-born, Los Angeles-based film director Gavin Hood, who made “Tsotsi” and the newly released thriller “Eye in the Sky” with Helen Mirren, said the entire movie was shot in South Africa, even though it “takes place” in Nairobi, London and Las Vegas. He said the movie, which is a tense drama starring Mirren, Alan Rickman […]

Anywhere in the world, the Labia Theatre would be a gem. The independent, quirky, fabulous, one-of-a-kind movehouse in Cape Town has to be seen and experienced to realise just how special it is. Recently turned 65 years old, the iconic four-screen cinema in the heart of the city  takes you back to the years when going to the […]

The new movie by “Tsotsi” director Gavin Hood opens in South Africa and the United States on Friday, and not only brings him back to Africa but it looks like it’s going to be a blockbuster and rank him with the world’s top action and suspense directors. “Eye in the Sky” has a brilliant cast – Helen […]