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Rhino Man

By Michael Talbot-Haynes | September 2024

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This is where, in a normal review, I would put in a pun of some sort about horns to lead into the world-changing rhino poaching documentary Rhino Man,...

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Soweto Blaze, written and directed by Brad Katzen, is a weed-centric comedy in the vein of Half Baked and How High. The film takes place in Soweto, a...

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Peacock (Pou) is the feature-length debut of co-writer/director Jaco Minnaar and the first screenplay by David Cornwell. The South African set gothic...

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You're Next is an adrenaline-fueled cross between detective drama and thriller/slasher film from South African-based filmmaker "LX Seth." This is not the...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! What do you do when your friends are unfairly jailed on an island surrounded by shark-infested waters? You...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Director Ian Gabriel's Death of Whistleblower begins 37 years ago on a remote military base. A young...

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Oliver North's short film, Mier (The Ant), explores two generations of South Africans caught hunting on illegal lands. Boethie (Donny Ross) is a young...

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DANCES WITH FILMS 2022 REVIEW! Few life events impact the human soul more than the death of a loved one. From South Africa, Jordy Sank and Terence...

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In Travis Taute's thriller, Indemnity, an ex-firefighter must overcome the trauma of his past to uncover a global conspiracy. Set in Cape Town, South...

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Ostensibly a war film, director Oliver Hermanus's Moffie reveals itself to be an examination of sexual identity, bigotry, and coming-of-age. As...

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