It’s a relatively subdued week at South African cinemas with just one new film in wide release, and two more screening in a limited theatrical capacity. As we’re still in Valentine’s month, though, the trio is joined by Bollywood Gen Y romance Do Deewane Seher Mein, and the Ster Kinekor Throwback return of Sense and Sensibility, the Oscar-winning Jane Austen adaptation starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet, and directed by Ang Lee.
In the mood for some consciously B-grade horror comedy? Cold Storage stars Stranger Things’ Joe Keery and Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell as two bored storage facility workers. Their night shift transforms into a nightmare, however, when a parasitic alien fungus escapes from the former military base that the business was built on. Adding some familiar faces to the cast are the likes of Liam Neeson, Vanessa Redgrave and Lesley Manville.
Coming to Ster Kinekor cinemas is intense psychological drama Die My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence as Grace, a writer and young mother succumbing to postpartum psychosis. Locked away in an old house in Montana, her increasingly erratic behaviour leaves partner Jackson (Robert Pattinson) desperate. Die My Love had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, and behind the camera is acclaimed filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin, You Were Never Really Here).
In South African comedy drama Pretty How Town, Victoria (Nevada Red) returns to her remote village after a long absence, having had to step away to discover her true self. Now back and caring for her dying mother, Victoria must navigate strained family ties and deal with a quirky community that barely recognises her and is struggling to reconcile her transformation. Also starring are Clayton Evertson and Jennifer Steyn. Pretty How Town has released to coincide with Cape Town Pride.