Prelude to South Africa

Confederations Cup Tourney kicks off next week

"...Cup, the eighth quadrennial World Cup prelude, starts in South Africa this week – with the U.S. drawn into..."

June 12, 2009 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Confederations Cup Set in South Africa

The U.S. shocks top-ranked Spain in South Africa

"...A shocker in South Africa as we go to press with the print..."

June 24, 2009 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

South by So Real

Hustling SXSW hip-hop with Matt Sonzala.

"...Mike Jones. Sonzala has been booking hip-hop artists for South by Southwest for several years but was recently hired..."

Feb. 12, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Africa Cookbook: Tastes of a Continent

"...Like the best of these books, Jessica Harris' The Africa Cookbook is more than a comprehensive look at cuisine;..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Food Feature

South African Lesbians Raped to 'Cure' Them

South African lesbians face horror

"...Last April Eudy Simelane, former star of South Africa's national female soccer team and one of the..."

March 13, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Ash Bell

Inside

"...gritty reality of apartheid and its aftermath in present-day South Africa. Penn's Inside provides a taut psychological examination of..."

March 21, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Truth or Consequences

Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann's Long Night's Journey Into Day confronts issues of justice and forgiveness as it documents the hearings of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The film screens Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Texas Documentary Tour.

"...course, being the visual metaphor for the task confronting South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), created as part..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Blended

America's favorite screen couple, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, mosey through another rom-com.

"...Drew Barrymore – the plot takes the characters to South Africa, where more than half the movie is set...."

May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Ted Cruz Doesn't Know About Apartheid

And it's not just what the word means

"...Israel's policies towards Palestinians tack dangerously close to apartheid-era South Africa...."

May 2, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Searching for Sugar Man

Rodriguez, a Seventies-era singer/songwriter who flopped in America, became a superstar in South Africa, unbeknownst to him. This documentary uncovers the legend.

"...feature, Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul treks his camera to South Africa to investigate the legend of Rodriguez, a Seventies-era..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Safe House

This hectic, deftly edited, and unexpectedly bracing thriller stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds.

"...to have come out of nowhere (it's actually a U.S./South African co-production via Universal), Safe House is (despite its..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

England-U.S. Drawn for World Cup Opener

The World Cup draw is announced

"...day of the group stage is another. It's in South Africa, June 11-July 11. Full schedule, with local times,..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

The Power of One

"...set in the 1930s and 40s about an orphaned South African boy of English descent. It's a coming of..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

"...Austin Film Festival 2002.) The history of apartheid in South Africa is an ugly story, but one that needs..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Elysium

In the year 2154, the rabble live on the garbage dump of Earth while the elite live in the perfect Elysium in the sky; Matt Damon is a mad Max who breaks on through.

"...South Africa-born director Neill Blomkamp’s debut film in 2009, District..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flow: For Love of Water

Documentary about the degradation of the world’s water supply through environmental indifference, chemical irresponsibility, mass privatization, and corporate chicanery.

"...villages and crowded cities from India to China, from South Africa to Michigan – Flow is the kind of..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Primeval

A news crew goes upriver in South Africa to capture a fearsome 25-foot crocodile and also tangles with a local warlord.

"...at press time. A news crew goes upriver in South Africa to capture a fearsome 25-foot crocodile, which proves..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In My Country

Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche star in this John Boorman political drama about the work of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

"...the evil of apartheid from Nelson Mandela’s newly democratic South Africa and grant amnesty to those accused of police..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...political power mongers, and one particular fugitive biogeneticist from South Africa whose methods of brainwashing have been updated as..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Derrida

If you don't already worship Derrida, this film won't change your mind.

"...questions. Kofman and Dick also travel with Derrida to South Africa, where we hear fragments from his talks about..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Academy Award-Nominated Shorts 2003

"...realism of the live-action "Inja," which is set in South Africa, to the idiosyncratic, bizarre cartoon "Mt. Head," narrated..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Croupier

"...views himself and his lot. A novice novelist from South Africa, Jack takes a job in England -- proffered..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cannes Festival of Humor in Advertising

"...all over the world -- Britain, Russia, the U.S., South Africa, etc. -- are shown here back to back,..."

March 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Prey of Gods

In a future South Africa, writer Nicky Drayden deftly mixes gods and robots and shows us how they and humans deal with change

"...the diva. Their paths all cross in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, almost 50 years down the line, when everyone..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Books Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Reveals First 2020 Artist List

Music from all over the map … literally

"...Five months before South by Southwest kicks off Music week, Mar. 16-22, organizers..."

Oct. 16, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Truth and Reconciliation

The assertion of the individual is at the heart of the Austin Museum of Art's new show, "Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art From South Africa," which makes it fresh and full of surprises; it resonates with the hungry energy of a country emerging from oppression and brims with experimentation and unique, original perspectives.

"...on the posters for "Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art From South Africa," the new show at the Austin Museum of..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Feature by Ben Willcott

Liquid Assets

Wes Marshall sets you up with some South African bargains.

"...Back in the 1700s, South Africa was known for making Constantia, a sweet wine..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

SXSW Music Steps Up Ninth Artist List

Japanese Breakfast, Broken Social Scene, Ambar Lucid and 154 others

"...With now just 18 days until South by Southwest Music week swings into action, the fest’s..."

Feb. 21, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Exhibitionism

My Children! My Africa!: Schoolbells in the Revolution

"...Athol Fugard penned My Children! My Africa! during an escalation of violent interaction between two worlds:..."

June 11, 1999 Arts Review

SXSW Unveils Third Artist List

Bedouine, Priests, Mystery Lights, Kokoko!, and 297 more

"...South by Southwest continues to stack emerging talent for its..."

Jan. 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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