AFRIFF 2024: ‘Dynamite’ Review
AFRIFF: Music exists at the core of Uche Aguh’s Dynamite, a short film in which a music star`s facade of perfection dissolves as she finds new love in the most familiar of places: her band. […]
AFRIFF 2024: ‘Phoenix Fury’ Review
AFRIFF: To weave a fictionalized past and present into a working tapestry of film is a test of many aspects of the process: the writing must be tight and every excess must be trimmed; the […]
AFRIFF 2024: ‘The Man Died’ Review
AFRIFF: To adapt a book is a struggle of ideas, to adapt a Soyinka book is a struggle of ideas and style, to adapt The Man Died is a struggle of ideas, style, form and […]
AFRIFF 2024: 17 Nollywood Films You Need to Watch
The African International Film Festival returns from November 3rd to 9th with the theme “Indigenous to Global: Cultural Wealth to Global Prosperity”. The festival will feature a packed lineup of shorts, features and documentaries from […]
‘Madam Koi-Koi’ Review: Netflix’s Two-Part Horror Series Chooses Its Horror in Women’s Realities
In The Origin: Madam Koi-Koi, released in two parts on Netflix, women are many things, concepts and characters. Women are saviours and villains, women are victims and victors, women are gods and spirits, and ultimately […]
‘Ijogbon’ Review: Kunle Afolayan Unearths an Endearing Tale of Teenage Adventure and Bonds
Exploring the essence of teenage life through film is an enduring tradition as old as the medium itself. Every season, a new film emerges to delve into the crossroads of being fifteen, the complexities of […]
‘She Must Be Obeyed’ Review: A Lacklustre Blend of Forced Humour and Message Wrapped Around Unconvincing Characters
There’s an art [and sometimes a science] to humour in film and TV. We have the well-known physical comedy painted by sometimes exaggerated mannerisms and memorable characters, a comedy Aristotle might have called “farce” if […]
‘In Bed with the Pedros’ Review: This Drama is as Uninspiring as They Come
About 24 minutes into In Bed With The Pedros, we hear Hauwa (Rahama Sadau) say that the man Jide (Ademola Adedoyin), her husband, has become, scares her. This should serve as a sort of emotional […]
Nollywood Actors We Once Knew as BBNaija Contestants—Ranked
One of the countless options available once you exit the Big Brother Naija house is to venture into Nollywood—the land of drama that perfectly complements the drama-filled journey you’ve just experienced. Why, you might ask? […]
‘Fatal Seduction’ Season 1 Review: South African Netflix Series Fails to Seduce
The first episode of Fatal Seduction begins with a montage of sexual scenes that will appear later on in the show: a man taking off a woman’s underwear, two naked bodies sprawled on a car […]
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