Despite vowing to never return to the Bourne world, both Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass have come back and filmed the fifth instalment of the widely popular franchise. Outweighing the news of their role reprisals, were reports that Damon only has 25 lines in...
This year, AfriDocs is bringing the best in African documentaries to you on DSTV Channel 190! Streaming weekly across sub-Saharan Africa on Thursdays 19:55 CAT, AfriDocs aims to showcase true African stories to the African continent. This exciting new broadcasting stream of African filmmaking talent focusses...
Two years ago at Cannes, South Africa and Kenya signed a MoU and are now working towards taking their film making relationship up yet another notch. During Discop Africa which was held this year in November in the city of Johannesburg, delegations from these two...
In an interview at the Telluride Film Festival, Danny Boyle was quite explicit in saying that he isn’t interested in making films that are tentpoles that self-advertise themselves. When asked what he meant, he expressed quite clearly that comic book movies don’t have to struggle...
As part of the 2016 SAFTA’s judging panel, Delon Bakker of Mannequin Pictures has been selected to be the deputy chair. The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) are presented under the auspices of the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa...
Christopher Nolan Praises 35mm Film and Explains the Merits of its Continued Use. It’s difficult to think of a moment in history where a medium, such as film, has come under such threat. The thing is, if we don’t protect it, it’s going to go away,...
Charlie Kaufman Explains Why Making Movies ‘Sucks’ and why everyone is running scared! Making films are no small feat, whether they are large budget or smaller independent features. The truth of the matter is that if a film isn’t perceived as having commercial potential there really...
Matt Damon has become Hollywood’s ultimate everyman. He insists that he is far too dull to be a good movie star… he’s entirely normal. He calls his daily life so average that even the paparazzi have decamped from outside his home in Los Angeles because...
The 67th Emmy Awards was a year that saw HBO reigning the TV throne. The Emmy race proved to be highly unpredictable but very rewarding for HBO. It was the first time in eight years that HBO won in the best drama category for “Game of...
If you haven’t heard, Wes Craven, the maestro who helmed horror icons like Freddy Krueger and Ghost Face has passed away. In interviews, he always came across as a dignified man with kind eyes and an easy smile. The irony is that his films sent...
