For about two minutes I was seduced by Queen Sono’s incredible cinematography, vibrant colour treatment, fresh styling, beautiful people and director, Kagiso Lediga’s love letter to Joburg, and Africa. Then it all came crashing down. The dialogue is peppered with corny Hollywood one-liners (I’ve got this! Let’s go get’em!), rather sexist tropes (If you’re going …
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Catching Feelings
A Johannesburg-based husband (Max) and wife (Sam) feel stuck in their humdrum life. When a famed writer comes to speak at the husband’s university, his pleasure-seeking ways influence the couple’s behaviour, and their lives are completely uprooted.