Where angels will love to tread
The Hillbrow Theatre offers a haven for creative youngsters in the inner city, writes Christina KennedyFILM: Saving Mr Banks; Pompeii
Phillip Altbeker reviews two films now showing at South African cinemas
Opinion
JAZZ: Keeping the Joy of Jazz alive
Gwen Ansell
The change of date and venue for the Joy of Jazz festival cannot be condemned because it shows some of the dilemmas organisers face when staging such an event
Modern art as big a business as ever
An epic auction at Sotheby’s racked up more than £163.5m in one of the first indications of the state of the 2014 international art market, writes Georgina Adam
A salutary reminder of our past that many are reluctant to confront
The exhibition entitled The Rise and Fall of Apartheid invokes the great South African narrative of oppression, resistance and liberation, writes Chris Thurman
Social network of the damned
It is solitude that is the infernal quality of today, not the plethora of fellow sufferers who crowd our hearts and minds, writes Peter Aspden
NEW YORK POST: Tonight Show’s costly return
Why are New York taxpayers using tax credits to subsidise Jimmy Fallon and company to do something they intended to do all along?
A divided country captured in art
A gift of German art to the British Museum tells a story of change and movement, writes Jackie Wullschlager
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The joy of risky classical music
Even with her impressive repertoire, new challenges still excite Johannesburg composer, writes Gwen AnsellArt meets books, literature becomes art in a crossover collaboration
The borders between literary texts and art objects are fluid, writes Chris Thurman
Art and academia meet in the imagined lives of objects
Two exhibitions on display at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg emphatically reinforce the intuitive integration of scholarship and art, writes Chris Thurman
CRUCIAL CD COLLECTION: Bruce Springsteen’s folk roots
It has become clear over the years is that folk music was part of Springsteen’s past, even if he only recognised the fact some way down the line, writes Richard Haslop
Xhosa knitwear scores in Paris
Laduma Ngxokolo’s mother nurtured the creativity that made his knitwear a global success, writes Penny Haw
STYLE: Film loves the Wall Street rogue look
Hollywood has influenced Wall Street fashions for much of the past 30 years, often focusing on the financial district’s more shady dealings
Oscar buzz around Gravity showcases UK special-effects industry
Alfonso Cuarón’s space thriller Gravity was financed and produced in the US, but the studio that created the special effects is British
ARTS: Show business, duty-free
Nigel Andrews travels to the Dubai International Film Festival, as the show city of the UAE tries to rival Cannes and Sundance
ON THE STAGE: Agreed and Expectant
Two new plays hint at a tantalising shift in direction to attract new audiences and offer existing patrons something fresh, experimental and different, writes Christina Kennedy
Some idealism would go a long way to honouring Mandela’s memory
Mandela’s death presented us with a chance to try to reflect on idealism he exemplified, without which there would be no art, writes Chris Thurman
ON THE STAGE: Joburg’s theatres brought under one umbrella
The Johannesburg council brought its three municipal theatres — the Joburg Theatre, the Soweto Theatre and the Roodepoort Theatre — under the management of Joburg City Theatres, writes Christina Kennedy
Actress Shirley Temple dead at 85
Hollywood child star who melted hearts in Depression-era America with her trademark blond ringlets and dimpled smile dies at the age of 85
FILM: Inside Llewyn Davis; Romeo and Juliet; The Best Man Holiday; Robocop; Labor Day
Reviews of Malcolm D Lee’s next chapter of The Best Man; Paul Verhoeven’s remake of Robocop; Jason Reitman’s unexciting thriller Labor Day; and more
Seeger’s myth not greater than man
The late American folk singer Pete Seeger has been rightly lauded for his commitment to the kind of causes that are ignored in the power play of real-life politics, writes Peter Aspden
Opinion
CRUCIAL CD COLLECTION: Linda Thompson
Richard Haslop
Linda Thompson was half, with her husband Richard, of a truly magnificent folk-rock partnership, feasibly the best there’s ever been
Opinion
JAZZ: Kenny Garrett in SA for Cape Town International Jazz festival
Gwen Ansell
Detroit-born saxophonist Kenny Garrett, who made his recording debut in 1984, will perform at this year’s Cape Town International Jazz festival, writes Gwen Ansell
CRUCIAL CD COLLECTION: John Murry
Richard Haslop wonders whether he can make John Murry’s solo album The Graceless Age his favourite album of 2013
FILM: The best — and worst — of 2013
Phillip Altbeker looks back at what movies you might have missed over the holiday period and a couple you wish you had avoided
CRUCIAL CD COLLECTION: Sly & the Family Stone
Sly Stone’s place in pop history is surely critical and perhaps even permanent, writes Richard Haslop
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