08.14.08

Weekend Attractions (15 – 17 August ‘08)

Posted in Upcoming Film tagged at 2:55 pm by Nick Plowman

Films opening in South Africa this weekend:

  • 3 Continents Film Festival

Don’t forget about the 3 Continents Film Festival which kicks off this weekend and ends on the 24th of August at Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank, where you can see “The Choir” and “Up the Yangtze” and a whole lot more that actually deserve to be seen. Tickets cost R 30.00.

Also, there is that awesome “Out of Frame” section of the festival, a tribute to the late filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni (who starved himself to death?!), Ingmar Bergman and Ousmane Sembène. That’s obviously a must as well.

  • Meet Dave

Norbit director Brian Robbins teams up with Eddie Murphy for a second time to bring to the screen this comedy that features Murphy in two roles – as the humanoid alien commander of a giant spacecraft that looks and acts like a larger version of himself.

  • Waz

This debut feature from writer Clive Bradley and UK director Tom Shankland presents an unflinching vision of the foul deeds that man is prepared to do to his fellow man. A violent tale of the lengths one is willing to go to for love, the shocking and violent nature of the story means that it’s definitely not for the faint-hearted. Those who choose to persevere with such disturbing material however will be well rewarded. It’s fierce, even if totally uneven and misguided.

Book:
Nu Metro/Ster Kinekor

p.s. you can go ahead and laugh now.

7 Comments »

  1. Kerry said,

    August 14, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Poor you Nicky *hug*

    But Up The Yangtze is great, can’t wait to hear what you think.

  2. Justin said,

    August 14, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    Yeah, poor us South Africans…but that fest could be sweet….maybe.

  3. Nick Plowman said,

    August 14, 2008 at 10:47 pm

    I think it could be cool, I got only 5 screeners: Up the Yangtze, War on Democracy, War Made Easy, The Choir and Hair: Let the Sunshine In, so there are a few more I will try and catch, notable The Day After Peace narrated by Jude Law.

  4. Matthew Lucas said,

    August 14, 2008 at 11:07 pm

    Bwahahahaha! Meet Dave!

    Hollywood hates you, SA. ;-)

    It’s okay Nicky…we still love you.

  5. Sam Juliano said,

    August 14, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    UP THE YANGTZE is a highlight for sure. But you bring up Ingmar Bergman and your African compatriot Ouseme Sembene, who had a retrospective over the winter at the Film Forum, which I attended (for four films) Do you revere Sembene yourself Nick? I think he is one of the greatest!

    And I was stunned after reading your link (above) where it was unveiled that our beloved Michaelangelo Antonioni “starved” himself to death, as he has lost his eyesight. Very sad ending, even if he reached an age few manage.

  6. Nick Plowman said,

    August 15, 2008 at 6:26 am

    Ah, Hollywood has hated us for a real long time, but thanks Matty :)

    I most certainly do revere Sembene Sam, very much, and even though I have seen most of his films that are showing at this retrospective, I shall be seeing them again.

    And re: Antonioni’s death, so sad. I just don’t think it is a way for anyone to die, it just sounds too awful for words.

  7. Kerry said,

    August 16, 2008 at 9:49 am

    I never knew that about Antonioni, completely shocking to say the least..


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