Reviews
Short Film Review: Emily Nkanga’s ‘Yam And Egg’ is a Subtle Invitation to a Private Grief
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. When Nkanga’s charming female lead, Pelumi (Treasure Obasi Johnson), asks Gbenga (Tomisin Ajayi) if […]
‘Finding Me Review’: Industry’s Missing Craft Can’t Be Papered by Box Office Dazzles on Streaming
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. By now, Funke Akindele should be used to the terms highest-grossing and award-winning being […]
Short Film Review: Idiagi Ernest Eromosele’s ‘The Audition’ Expands His Zero-Budget Introspective Musing on The Nigerian Youth
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. As we wrote in our review of Idiagi Ernest Eromosele’s previous short film The […]
‘Reel Love’ Review: Timini Egbuson’s Debut Cinema Production Combines Romance Drenched in Influencer Culture
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. From staging a relationship to fulfill an inheritance clause, posing as a couple to […]
Berlinale 2025: ‘Dreamers’ Review
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. The title of my favourite Nigerian migration drama, Eyimofe, carries a tinge of dream […]
‘Summer Rain’ Review: Bolaji Ogunmola’s Made-For-YouTube Romantic Flick is Sappy But Charming
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Crafting an original modern romance is a daunting task. While audiences devour these stories, […]
‘This is Love’ Review: The Interior Lives of Queer Nigerian Couples in Victor Ugoo Njoku’s Tender Documentary
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Prior to Victor Ugoo Njoku and Neec Nonso’s feature-length documentary, This is Love, there […]
‘Princess On A Hill’ Review: Onyinye Odokoro Portrays A Two-Faced Morally-Conflicted Heroine in Showmax’s Work-Place Drama
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. The epigraph at the pilot episode of Princess On A Hill poses […]
News
Kaelo Iyizoba Selected for Sundance Institute Inaugural Cultural Impact Residency
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Kaelo Iyizoba has been selected as one of the inaugural fellows for the Sundance […]
Chukwu Martin Unveils ‘GUY’, an Experimental Indie Series on Identity and Isolation
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Chukwu Martin, known for his distinctive approach in projects like Oga Mike and Mr […]
Full AMVCA 2025 Nominees List: Femi Adebayo’s ‘Seven Doors’ Leads with 11 Nominations
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. The 2025 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) nominations have been announced, with Femi […]
Mo Abudu’s EbonyLife Expands Internationally with London Launch in Q4 2025
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. After topping the box office as the highest-grossing cinema in West Africa in 2024, […]
‘All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White’ Now Streaming on Max Europe
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Babatunde Apalowo’s highly anticipated directorial debut, All the Colours of the World Are Between […]
AMVCA Introduces ‘Best Music Score’ Category for 11th Edition, Addressing Longstanding Criticism
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Over the years, the AMVCA has faced criticism for not adequately recognising sound and […]
Diji Aderogba’s ‘About a Boy and His Muse’ Now Available on Tubi and Accelerate TV
Since its festival run four years ago, audiences have looked forward to its wider release—a frequent case for a touring Nigerian film. Starring the indelible Chimezie Imo and powered by a young team of filmmakers, it always seemed destined for streaming. For those who, like myself, first saw it at the online edition of NollywoodWeek, the question was never if it would find a home, but where and when.
Rise Interactive Studios’ Upcoming AI-Themed Film ‘Makemation’ Sets Sights on Easter Cinema Release
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. African youth, particularly girls, are leveraging artificial intelligence and technology to tackle some of […]
Essays
“Netflix’s Nollywood Exit”: 10 Critical Questions by Nollywood Film Club
Firstly, here is a reminder: Nollywood Film Club is a Film Club (read that again) fulfilling an important role. Just before an end of year backlash against the club’s style, tone and purpose, the members […]
Short Film Review: ‘The Story of 90 Coins’, a Glimpse at the End of Romance
The short film has done a number at film festivals, including Canada International Film Festival, Malta Short Film Festival, IndieFEST film awards amongst a host of others, often leaving in its wake of awards and wins.
Movie Review: ‘The Lost Cafe’ is a Beautiful Lacklustre Affair
A Nigerian-Norwegian 2018 production.
Subscription Prices of Film Streaming Services in Nigeria
Streaming services in Nigeria and subscription prices.
August Newsletter: July Review, Preview of August Movies & TV Shows, More News and #InPraiseOfCriticism
Dear reader, In July’s newsletter, I complained about 2021 summer’s slow movie activities and asked you guys why we didn’t have a summer movie yet. It seems like I spoke too soon, cos what was […]
In Praise of Criticism
An open letter to Nollywood. #DearNollywood #InPraiseOfCriticism
