Oliver Hermanus
Queerguru reviews Bill Nighy’s award-worthy performance in LIVING directed by Oliver Hermanus
It is quite rare for any established ‘character actor’ to be given a starring role in films, but at aged 73 Bill Nighy finally got his chance and was rewarded with an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor. It is not as though he has been idle up to now and his stage, TV, and…
Oliver Hermanus talks about MOFFIE his excellent harrowing coming-of-age drama
The fact that ‘moffie’ is the South African equivalent of ‘faggot’ sets the tone for one of the most harrowing coming-of-age films we have ever seen. It is set in South Africa in 1981 in apartheid where the white minority still dominates and persecutes the ‘colored’ population. They however are not the enemy in…
