Ava DuVernay's critically acclaimed first narrative feature film, I Will Follow, gets a DVD release on the 23rd of this month. The film has been covered substantially at S&A.
Read More »In my review of Djo Tunda Wa Munga's crime drama, Viva Riva!, I highlighted the film's audacious depictions of the kind of orchestrated sexuality and violence rarely seen in African cinema (specifically cinema of the DRC - the Democratic Republic Of The Congo, where such scenes are taboo); a kind of...
Read More »It's raked in over $600 million in worldwide box office since its April release. Nice chunk of change! You can guarantee that another one will be made.
Read More »We covered this film on the old S&A site, while it was still playing the festival circuit, and when it enjoyed a lengthy though limited theatrical run in 2010.
Read More »Your reactions to the film were mixed - some enjoyed it, others didn't. C'est la vie... so it goes.
Read More »So... for some reason, Spike Lee's 2008 WWII drama, Miracle At St Anna is only just now getting a proper DVD release in the UK. Until now, folks across the pond have had to watch it illegally apparently.
Read More »November 1, 1954, in North Africa, Algerian nationalists began their successful 8-year rebellion against French rule, a period that’s realistically and rivetingly documented in Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark 1966 film, The Battle Of Algiers – a film we’ve talked about previ...
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