WRITTEN FOR AND FIRST PUBLISHED BY WWW.LITNET.CO.ZA I compiled my list of 12 best films for 2012 in about five minutes. Yes, there were that many brilliant films this year. Once it was compiled I realised that almost all of them transcended their genre – an action film surpassed the action, a drama moved into …
Skoonheid – Beautiful and brave
Originally published by www.litnet.co.za under my column Reeltime. I needed to hug someone after watching Skoonheid. One, because I was happy to have just watched the best South-African film ever made, and two, to calm my nerves. Oliver Hermanus has made a rather brilliant, but exceedingly disturbing film.
Skoonheid – Beeldskoon, maar brutaal
Oorspronklik op www.sarie.com gepubliseer. Ek wil Skoonheid graag aanbeveel. Ek wil ook nie. Dit is sonder twyfel die beste Afrikaanse/Suid-Afrikaanse film nog ooit verfilm. Dit is ook sonder twyfel, een van die ontstellendste films wat ek al gesien het, en ek is nie ʼn sensitiewe kyker nie.