City of Violence is a powerful exploration of the human condition in Cape Town, with French director Jerome Salle taking us into the underbelly of society. Salle’s magnificent vision shows how an outsider’s view allows us to take a really close look at the world we live in, and turn the world we think we know inside out and upside down.
If there’s one film everyone will be talking about, it’s David Fincher’s masterful Gone Girl, a captivating mindbender that will hit you like a ton of bricks. It’s one of those rare gems that creeps up on you like The Sixth Sense, delivering unexpected Hitchcockian twists and suspense that guarantees to keep you glued to your seat for its two-and-half-hour running time.
The South African leg of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2014, which brings the best of adventure and outdoor lifestyle documentaries to local shores, screens countrywide from 23 October at select Ster-Kinekor theatres.
If there’s a brother and sister you will never forget, it’s The Skeleton Twins in Craig Johnson’s profoundly stirring film about life, love and things that really matter.
The Maze Runner is Adventure with a capital A! From its startling opening sequence, where a young man wakes up in a lift, moving slowly upward to an unexpected adventure, to its unforeseen conclusion, it is understandable why this exciting thriller based on a best-selling series by James Dashner became a New York Times best seller and captured the imaginations of readers around the world, who aptly described it as a combination of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and the legendary television series, Lost....
The feel-good musical film of the year is here! It's Sunshine On Leith, which weaves an entertaining and significant romance around the songs of Scottish band The Proclaimers.
The differences that separate are conquered by compassion and faith in Million Dollar Arm. In this new charmer from Disney, a film that the whole family can enjoy, the true story of one of the most unlikely friendships between a hard-headed and entrepreneurial American sports agent and two naïve young men from India is guaranteed to be a hit.
The agonising terror of losing your mind and memories are explored in the superb psychological thriller Before I Go To Sleep. Nicole Kidman delivers a riveting and captivating performance as a woman who wakes up every day remembering nothing—the result of a traumatic accident in her past—until, one day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her ….
If there’s one way to relive your childhood, it’s through the charming Boyhood. Growing up is never easy and what better way to experience growing pains than taking a 12-year journey with the actors, who passionately breathe life into their colourful characters.
