David Walker, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/david-walker/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:55:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png David Walker, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/david-walker/ 32 32 Film Review: Carol https://www.mambaonline.com/2016/03/10/film-review-carol/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2016/03/10/film-review-carol/#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:36:29 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=62512 Todd Haynes adapts the Patricia Highsmith novel The Price of Salt for the big screen in the visually beautiful and meticulously directed Carol. The film features Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, Blue Jasmine) and Oscar nominee Rooney Mara (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) as unlikely lovers in 1952 New York. Similar to Haynes’ Far […]

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