Anytime I hear that a 100% locally-produced movie is going onto the cinema circuit, I get excited. I want to see South African movies getting as much love at the box office as American and European ones: we have just as much talent, and our stories deserve to be told on the big screen. ThisContinue reading “[Movie Review]: Between Friends”
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Loyiso Gola Breaks Down the State of Our Nation
On August 13, I went over to the Baxter Theatre to hear Loyiso Gola talk about how childhood growth spurts were a problem when it came to shopping for Christmas clothes, the bad teachers he had in school, the way his mother “subtweets” him in her prayers, and bacon. According to Gola, everyone loves baconContinue reading “Loyiso Gola Breaks Down the State of Our Nation”
[Book Review]: I Read "Wolwedans in die Skemer", and Loved It
Title: Wolwedans in die Skemer Author: Leon van Nierop Year: 2012 Publisher: Tafelberg, an imprint of NB Publishers Length: 441 pages Language: Afrikaans Wolwedans in die Skemer is the novelisation of a 2012 movie, which was based on an almost two-year long radio drama that was very well-received in the 1980s. Leon vanContinue reading “[Book Review]: I Read "Wolwedans in die Skemer", and Loved It”
DVD Review: Pad Na Jou Hart
Huisgenoot Running time: 111 minutes Starring: Ivan Botha, Donnalee Roberts, Marius Weyers Director: Jaco Smit The variety and standard of films produced locally over the past four years or so has been quite impressive. Examples such as Jozi, Bakgat, Otelo Burning, Material, Hoofmeisie, Fanie Fourie’s Lobola, Copposites and many others are a testament to theContinue reading “DVD Review: Pad Na Jou Hart”
The Feature: Why You should Read "Unimportance"
An edited version of this article appears on the VARSITY website. Click here for that. This April, Thando Mgqolozana, author of A Man Who Is not A Man (2009) and Hear Me Alone(2011), will debut his third novel Unimportance. Before the release of the novel, I wanted to find out a little more about theContinue reading “The Feature: Why You should Read "Unimportance"”
The Blurb Made Me Do It: Fat – A Love Story (In Which Age Is Not Just A Number, and I Give Away the Ending)
On the back of this Barbara Wersba book is an extract which reads: “Getting fat is really a feminist act… It is a challenge to sex-role stereotyping and our concept of womanhood.”I just had to read the rest of the book to find out what the story really was- I like reading most things aboutContinue reading “The Blurb Made Me Do It: Fat – A Love Story (In Which Age Is Not Just A Number, and I Give Away the Ending)”
What To Listen To Now: Beatenberg
I was at PUMA Social Club last Friday for the first time in a long time, and I am so glad that I got to see Beatenberg perform. I had never heard of them before I saw the line up for PUMA Social, so I consulted the wisest music guru I know, YouTube. This CapeContinue reading “What To Listen To Now: Beatenberg”
Missions at the National Arts Festival: A Recap
It’s trip diary time! (FINALLY) 28 June – Arrival in Grahamstown After the 15 hour bus drive from Johannesburg, I arrived in town full of a mix of excitement, anxiety and nostalgia. What would the place I was staying at be like? How would I find the festival? Was I going to be okay onContinue reading “Missions at the National Arts Festival: A Recap”
What the Cool Kids Were Reading: Tama Janowitz and Bret Easton Ellis
Slaves of New York is a collection of short stories by Tama Janowitz. She was part of the art crowd of the 1980s (Tama, Jay McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis were considered the “literature brat pack”) and was a close friend of Andy Warhol’s. The stories are about the lives of young New Yorkers- thatContinue reading “What the Cool Kids Were Reading: Tama Janowitz and Bret Easton Ellis”
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