Last night saw a surprise winner take the top honours at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or. Auteur Jacques Audiard won the prestigious prize for his film Dheepan, about an improvised family of Sri Lankan refugees living in Paris. ...

Three films that performed particularly well at the recent European Film Festival (EUFF), hosted by Cinema Nouveau, will be fiven a wider release over the next few months. The films are French film 3 Hearts, which will be screened from Friday, the 29th ...

*WARNING: spoilers ahead. The heated debate around THAT rape scene in the latest Game of Thrones episode continues to escalate. HBO has refused to comment, as politicians, celebrities and the media have condemned the scene. On Sunday night the final ...

The classical ballet, Roméo & Juliette, will open at the Mandela, Joburg theatre next month, performed by the renowned Geneva Ballet (Grand Théâtre de Genève). After recent visits to Cape Town and the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, the company, ...

The weekend box office hits (15 May 2015 – 17 May 2015): 1 PITCH PERFECT 2 2 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (incl 3D & Imax) 3 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (incl. 3D & Imax) 4 FAST & FURIOUS 7 5 ...

Another South African author has been picked up by a US publisher. Last month it was announced that Fred Strydom’s debut science fiction novel, The Raft, will be published in North America by SkyHorse Publishing. Earlier this week, Penguin Random House SA announced ...

Despite a report from TMZ that singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is comatose, a statement on her website reads “she comprehends, she’s alert, and she has her full senses”, even though she remains in hospital. The 71-year old was found unconscious in ...

The United States publisher SkyHorse Publishing has acquired the rights to publish South African author Fred Strydom’s hotly anticipated novel, The Raft, in North America. The Raft, which was published by Umuzi in South Africa at the beginning of April, was ...

Star Wars actor, Harrison Ford, has been injured in a small plane crash in Los Angeles. The 72-year old was piloting his vintage plane when he reported trouble and crash-landed on a golf course. According to paramedics he sustained moderate injuries ...

If, like me, you haven’t had a chance to go see the popular Tutankhamun – His Tomb and His Treasures exhibition yet, you now have more time. The international exhibition opened early December last year and has now been extended ...