Maverick Insider

Not your grandmother’s Aida — Verdi’s great work gets a science fiction spin

By J Brooks Spector

Maverick Life

Quality over quantity: Thunderbolts kicks some serious ass-terisk!

By Kervyn Cloete

Maverick Life

Havoc on Netflix: Gritty action can’t save this overloaded crime thriller

By Sandra Visser

TGIFood

Hue Café: A hidden sanctuary of soul, spice and storytelling in the heart of Durban

By Wanda Hennig

World

The anguish of literature and the unexpected links between the stories we read

By Mark Heywood

South Africa

Captivating performances illuminate the dark twists of Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story

By Keith Bain

Maverick Life

Captain America: Brave New World pulls its punches when it matters

By Noelle Adams

South Africa

Dear Evan Hansen: A musical that looks like The Matrix but sounds like teen spirit

By Keith Bain

Maverick Life

The Brutalist: an architect’s take on a film about one man’s journey to realise his visionary building

By Phevos Kallitsis

Maverick Citizen

Kneecap — a rambunctious riot of sex, drugs and Irish hip-hop

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

South Africa

Medusa — a harrowing dive into South Africa’s crime underbelly

By Shérie Vollenhoven

South Africa

Beatenberg’s The Hanging Gardens Of Beatenberg — Celebrating a decade of world-class timeless tunes

By Diane Coetzer