The South African filmmaker, who is mixed race, takes a scathing look at institutional racism and homophobia in his Afrikaans-language drama, which bows in the U.S. today. By Scott Roxborough Europe ...
Oliver Hermanus' shimmery and sensual military drama locates war zones in South Africa and in the closeted mind of its young protagonist. There is no more delicious agony than the one felt when you’re ...
Moffie‘s plot synopsis: based on the autobiography by André Carl van der Merwe, “The year is 1981 and South Africa’s white minority government is embroiled in a conflict on the southern Angolan border ...
This grueling film about the South African military going to war with Angola is replete with vicious, stark depictions of racism and homophobia. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...
Vivid but somewhat dramatically monotone, “Moffie,” the new work from filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, opens with the implication that it will be a staunch exploration of apartheid—the legalized practices ...
EXCLUSIVE: Hot off of a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer, South African drama Moffie is due to release in select U.S. theaters and on digital and VOD ...
The movies have given us no shortage of basic training scenes over the decades, so much so that the horrors of drill sergeants verbally abusing young recruits on screen tends to lose its ability to ...
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to director ...
These are among the movies now available to stream, in theaters or both. Not rated. Playing: Laemmle Royal, West L.A.; Laemmle Playhouse 7, Pasadena; Laemmle Noho 7, North Hollywood; also available on ...
IFC Films has nabbed North American rights to South African Oliver Hermanus’ “Moffie,” a queer war film that is set against the backdrop of a South African border war. The indie studio will release ...
It’s a rather quiet week on the movie front — not a Kong or Godzilla to be found. Among the highest-profile entries is Netflix’s “Thunder Force,” a superhero comedy with Melissa McCarthy and Octavia ...
There is no more delicious agony than the one felt when you’re sitting millimeters from your crush, wondering who’s going to make the first move, or if someone will at all. That unbearable, painful ...