Film
Cinematic Chills: Three Essential Films for Halloween
From remote islands to isolated bedrooms, these films craft worlds where dread seeps quietly into every frame.
CHRIS THURMAN: European films subvert facile ideas of nationhood
The 12th annual European Film Festival SA is under way in Johannesburg and Cape Town until October 19
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Three classics that capture queer cinema’s power to provoke, question and liberate.
Hot Lunch with Karabo Lediga
Finding your voice and telling your own stories is what Karabo Lediga has been doing from a young age.
Three masterworks that influenced a master
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest satire prompts a dive into the eclectic, surprising films that have shaped his cinematic voice.
Asia on screen: beauty, history and high kicks
These films remind us why Asian cinema is one of the richest veins in global film history.
Rebel voices of the 1970s
From lynch mobs to cannibal satire, these films confront power, corruption and colonialism with unforgettable fury and wit.
Karabo Lediga’s ‘Sabbatical’ crosses lines and borders
A moving portrait of generational tension and homecoming, ‘Sabbatical’ streams across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Radical women, radical cinema
Three iconic films by women directors who challenged convention, crafted rebellion and carved space in cinematic history.
Cinema's great conspiracies
Three films across three eras prove that suspicion, control and hidden agendas are omnipresent.
Youth on screen
Nostalgia and darkness sit side by side in these compelling global films about what it means to grow up.
Snow, madness and bleak midwinters
Three wintry films from the north trace tales of violence, vision, and psychological collapse that still echo through cinematic history
The power of the documentary
Three documentary films from the last century of social and political upheaval shed light and reveal truths that many would like to keep hidden
CHRIS THURMAN: Thinking about writing and writing about thinking
Two films at the Encounters film festival focus on the effects of artificial intelligence in our lives
Bringing African cinema to the fore this Africa Month
Three films from across the continent that explore the rich tapestry of history, struggle and tradition that has shaped life in Africa for millennia




























