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Feature: brainwavez.org 2011 Gift Guide

It's December already? That means it must be time for our 2011 roundup of stuff we have or stuff we want or (occasionally) stuff we might give to other people if they've been nice (or very, very naughty).

By: The brainwavez.org Team  |  Posted: 12 December 2011  |  View Comments

Review: Glitterboys And Ganglands (World Premiere)

Tiaras and tucking take centre stage in this documentary by husband-and-wife team Matthew Brown (producer) and Lauren Beukes (director) that follows three contestants who are preparing for the 2010 Miss Gay Western Cape pageant.

By: Mandy J Watson  |  Posted: 15 June 2011  |  View Comments

Review: Black Swan

Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky, tells the story of a ballet dancer whose single-minded, emotionally stunted focus and psychological fragility threatens to derail her career when she is picked as the principal dancer in her company's production of Swan Lake, which means portraying both the innocent white swan and the seductive black swan.

By: Mandy J Watson  |  Posted: 2 February 2011  |  View Comments

Feature: How International Best-Selling Author Jodi Picoult Writes One Book A Year

American commercial writer Jodi Picoult launched her new book, House Rules, at the Cape Town Book Fair last year. Thoroughly entertaining and captivating, Jodi knows how to wow her audience. South African authors could learn a thing or two from her unashamed self-confident style that ultimately results in people queuing to buy her books.

By: Anne Louise Taylor  |  Posted: 31 January 2011  |  View Comments

Feature: 2010 Gift Guide

Here's a roundup of some of our favourite things from the past few years, all of which would make excellent gifts. A few have been reviewed or featured on brainwavez.org but many haven't so, among the familiar, expect some surprises that we think you'll love.

By: The brainwavez.org Team  |  Posted: 10 December 2010  |  View Comments

Review: Home Away, Edited By Louis Greenberg

It's an impressive undertaking: coordinate 24 writers to write 24 stories, each inspired by a different hour of the day and a different city of the world, and use these tales to "reflect on the nature of home", with no restriction on genre, fact, or fiction. The result? Whatever you choose to make of it.

By: Mandy J Watson  |  Posted: 12 May 2010  |  View Comments

Review: Uh Huh Her: "Explode"

You'd be forgiven if you find you trip over the words every time you try to pronounce the name of the band Uh Huh Her (the band members have the same problem) but don't let the tongue twisting distract you from the subtle musical layers and mesmerising electropop bass of "Explode".

By: Mandy J Watson  |  Posted: 29 July 2009

Review: Johnny Golightly Comes Home: A Portrait Of Eccentricity By Pat Hopkins

Johnny Golightly Comes Home is an interwoven tale of the stories of two men: an artist buried within multiple identities and a writer tasked with the impossible assignment of getting to the core of these identities in order to write the artist's biography. The result is a riveting, engaging account of frustration and eccentricity that is rich with metaphor and symbolism.

By: Mandy J Watson  |  Posted: 10 June 2009

Review: Pompidou Posse By Sarah Lotz

Author Sarah Lotz's riveting debut novel is a sensational tale of two British teenagers on the run in Paris that features quirky characters, dark humour, and the seedy side of one of Europe's most glamorous cities.

By: Mandy J Watson  |  Posted: 4 June 2009

Review: For The Bible Tells Me So

brainwavez.org recently attended a Sundance Film Festival screening and Q&A session for For The Bible Tells Me So, a thought-provoking American documentary that examines how the religious right uses biblical references to justify its condemnation of the homosexual "lifestyle" and how religious gays and lesbians struggle to reconcile their faith with their sexual identity. [ Read all about it ]

By: Jase Luttrell  |  Posted: 7 February 2007

Review: Imagine Me & You

In the romantic comedy Imagine Me & You there's a lesbian twist to the love triangle that forms the core of the plot. That's actually all you need to know because after reading that you will already have decided whether or not you want to see the movie but if you'd like to have some reasons why you should on hand, this review will help. [ Read all about it ]

By: Mandy J Watson  |  Posted: 20 October 2006

Feature: Missy Higgins Live At The Independent Armchair Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa, 7 July 2006

Missy Higgins in Cape Town! Oh my! Here are most of the important adjectives from the article: enigmatic, quirky, odd, endearing, charming, powerful, and infectious. However, you should probably read what Mandy J Watson had to say for the context. [ Read the article ]

By: Mandy J Watson  |  Posted: 12 July 2006

Review: Sophie B. Hawkins: Live

"After over a decade, this is her first live-album release, and it's an absolute must-have for fans, especially those that have not had the privilege of being able to watch her perform in person. With every live performance she tends to reinvent, remix, reword, and rework her music, with a lot of impromptu moments thrown into the mix, and her way of interacting with the audience and making them feel part of the performance is something that many performers could learn a lot from."