Ranking 2024’s Best Picture Nominees
With the all-but-prophesied Best Picture victory of Oppenheimer at this year’s Academy Awards behind us, now may be as good
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Features
The Big Five at Oscars 2024
The 96th Academy Awards unfolded at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on Sunday night. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the awards ceremony was
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Viewers Take the Power Back
Today’s world makes it possible to own not just one TV screen but several devices each with their own screen
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Product Placements: The Good, the Bad and the Insidious
Product placements have become fairly common in the world of filmmaking. They can be distracting when poorly conceived or so
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Bruno Dumont’s ‘The Empire’ Strikes at 74th Berlinale
The 74th Berlinale’s Competition offers a science fiction film, which forms part of the Bruno Dumont Cinematic Universe. L’Empire or
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Director’s Cut of David Lynch’s Dune (1984): Possibility or Pipe Dream?
Zack Snyder’s Justice League is testament to the power of fandoms in today’s world. Having been substituted with another director
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Casting a Live-action Bravestarr Movie
BraveStarr is an animated TV series from the 1980s that followed on from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
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50 South African Films Ranked
LAST UPDATED: 21 May 2023 South Africa has one of the oldest film industries in the world. Home to a
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‘The Zone of Interest’ – A Haunting Immersion and Inversion
The Zone of Interest is an award-winning historical war drama from acclaimed filmmaker, Jonathan Glazer, a true visionary and creative
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Remembering Barry: A Tribute to Barry Ronge
Barry Ronge was a prolific entertainment journalist and movie critic, a household name in South Africa, who became known for
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