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Fin Manjoo is the writer-director who brought us Woodwind. His latest film, No Matter, is based on the Marikana massacre in South Africa. Still a contentious matter with links to President Cyril Ramaphosa, 34 protesting miners were shot dead in
Do you remember the first time you watched Jurassic Park? For many people, it brought about awe and some light gawking. Watching essentially living and breathing dinosaurs made a huge impact on audiences when Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park released in
Somehow keyboards have become the predominant way of creating text. We had them on typewriters, we have them on notebooks and even our smartphones emulate them. Just think about it… the configuration of keys, the idea that instead of handwriting
‘Into the Wild’ is one of those special movies that most would consider a privilege to have worked on. It was the natural choice for Galileo Open Air Cinema, a movie night series staged at various beautiful locations in and
So The Secret Life of Pets is a movie but there’s something about these little furry critters that makes them valuable beyond the point of simply being cute. They actually make excellent companions. Cats and dogs will sometimes interrupt your
Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling came up with the idea for ‘Bingeing with Spling’ during lockdown. Now onto the fifth event of its kind, the film critic is starting to find a rhythm to the monthly watch party event. Having hosted several
Renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog is regarded as part of the New German Cinema and has been making films since he can remember. His early and remote Bavarian upbringing meant that he didn’t even know about cinema until he hit double
Performances always seem to work better when an actor has their own bearing as a human being. To be someone else, it helps to know who you are and this is also true of screenwriting. The art form requires an
Composers will sometimes come up with a tune in the middle of the park or on a rumbling train. Unable to grab a pen and paper, far from a recording device… simply humming the melody until you create a memory
It’s 2020, a time Back to the Future envisaged we’d be using hoverboards! The technology is still getting there when it comes to a commercial hover-anything with a number of remote control toys leading the way, but let’s not get