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‘Gandu’ is A Loser, An Asshole and A Trip Through Surreality [Review]

‘Gandu’ is A Loser, An Asshole and A Trip Through Surreality [Review]

For most people, our traditional experience with Indian cinema is through Bollywood’s melodramatic pop operas that homage an apparently safer time in American cinema when kissing happened off-screen and sex was suggested by a cigarette. Even when Bollywood pushes its boundaries into the realm of the action movie, or the drama, it very rarely stretches into realms of controversy that indie cinema allows for.

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Michel Gondry’s Home Movie Factory comes to Jo’burg

Michel Gondry’s Home Movie Factory comes to Jo’burg

The Home Movie Factory is an interactive exhibition started by French director Michel Gondry - the guy who repeatedly blew your mind with his music videos for everyone from Daft Punk to Björk and films like Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind, Rewind.

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The Bioscope’s Cusackfest To Showcase Best John Cusack Movies [Reviews]

The Bioscope’s Cusackfest To Showcase Best John Cusack Movies [Reviews]

The Bioscope is throwing a little Cusackfest. From today through ‘til Wednesday, and I suppose to hail the commercial black hole that is Valentine’s Day, the guys at Main Street Life are screening one John Cusack film a day. Considering Cusack’s been in many romantic flicks throughout his career, he’s a more than appropriate choice for the mini-fest.

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