A man returns to his childhood home only to find it overrun by a criminal gang, in Michael Matthews’ bleak South African neo-western Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017). As a child, Tau’s fiercely protective attitude to his best friends leads … Continue reading REVIEW: Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017)
The shift in Hollywood towards high-budget, heavily branded franchise pictures has been hard on the generic action film. Jump back a quarter century, and mass audiences in 1996 were met by a variety of rugged, desperate action fare in which … Continue reading FANTASIA REVIEW: Indemnity (2021)
Enock is a Malawian teenager nearing the end of his high school studies. Since the age of six, he has lived inside a Taiwanese Buddhist orphanage – one of several built across sub-Saharan Africa. As his final examinations approach, Enock … Continue reading REVIEW: Buddha in Africa (2019)
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