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Spling has been presenting Talking Movies on Fine Music Radio for over 7 years. The movie reviewer has a history of radio broadcast appearances, featuring on recurring shows on Radio 702/CapeTalk, Chai FM, 2Oceansvibe Radio, UCT Radio and Fine Music
Documentaries write themselves, right? While there’s a notion that documentaries simply reflect reality, you don’t have to look too far to find examples that shatter this idea. Directing is storytelling, editing is storytelling… when images are contrasted on screen… at
Spling’s latest podcast series, Must Love Movies, sees the movie critic invite a guest to join him for a movie screening and 3-course lunch at the luxurious 12 Apostles Hotel near Camps Bay in Cape Town. Beautiful ocean views, a
Screenwriting is a fairly lonely exercise in translating your imagination to page. Converting your thoughts into text and visualising the eventual film playing out is one thing. Yet it can be quite difficult to establish tone when everything is just
Samuel L. Jackson is probably one of the most recognisable actors on the face of the planet. Having made a name for himself in films like Jungle Fever, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Snakes on a Plane, The Hateful Eight and
Danny Elfman is a film composer, probably best known for his work with Tim Burton. Starting from his early days, Elfman had a real raw passion for music part of several troupes and bands in which he was able to
Spling has been reviewing film weekly on his Talking Movies show on Fine Music Radio for over 5 years now. The review segment has been published as a podcast on the splingmovies.com website for listeners who may have missed some
David Lynch is an auteur, whose surreal films have carved a jagged path through Hollywood. Originally an artist, the film-maker has subsequently made a name for himself through his bizarre, beautiful and imaginative dreamscapes. Independent, creative and boundary-breaking, his media
Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay this year. It’s a hilarious, touching and edgy war satire about a boy in Hitler’s Youth Army who discovers his mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their
Poppie Nongena is a South African historical biographical drama about a housekeeper who struggles to keep her family together in the face of inhumane pass laws. Set in Cape Town during the ’70s when South Africa was subject to the