The South African filmmaker, who is mixed race, takes a scathing look at institutional racism and homophobia in his Afrikaans-language drama, which bows in the U.S. today. By Scott Roxborough Europe ...
This grueling film about the South African military going to war with Angola is replete with vicious, stark depictions of racism and homophobia. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...
There is no more delicious agony than the one felt when you’re sitting millimeters from your crush, wondering who’s going to make the first move, or if someone will at all. That unbearable, painful ...
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Vivid but somewhat dramatically monotone, “Moffie,” the new work from filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, opens with the implication that it will be a staunch exploration of apartheid—the legalized practices ...
Available this weekend in theaters and on-demand is the emotionally arresting war drama from IFC Films, titled Moffie. The South African film earned a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut by a ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Hot off of a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer, South African drama Moffie is due to release in select U.S. theaters and on digital and VOD ...
The new film “Moffie” examines the brainwashing of a generation of white men in the twilight of the apartheid regime. By Roslyn Sulcas “Mo-FFIES!” chant the soldiers, precisely lined up under a baking ...
South Africa, 1981. A few teenage soldiers — tanned, blond, just out of boyhood — enjoy a rare night out with a few female companions. Michael (Matthew Vey) drags on a cigarette and informs their new ...
“Moffie,” a derogatory Afrikaans term for “gay,” is dismissive shorthand for everything that the young men in the harrowing film of the same name, from South African director Oliver Hermanus, don’t ...