I never thought I’d say this: Almajiri is a better exposé on some of the heinous things that go bump in the country’s dark underbelly of violence and crime than Gangs of Lagos or Shanty […]
A few days back, I told my friend I was writing a review of a show and she asked the name and I replied, “Beyond The Veil.” Without missing a beat, she shot back, “It’s […]
Sista was released earlier this month on Prime Video, telling a touching story of the struggle of a single mother, abandoned by the father of her two kids, who strives to give her children a […]
Polar Films Productions in collaboration with Bluhouse Studios officially unveils the first posters for I Hate It Here, a film directed by Dammy Twitch, the ace director known for his numerous efforts in the music […]
It is 1984, the world of basketball sportswear is dominated by fashion giants, Adidas and Converse. Nike, a relatively small sportswear company at the time compared to Adidas and Converse, are finding it hard to […]
Films, and media in general, love to reference the fact they exist outside reality, reminding us of their sometimes fictional nature. We often have characters within a film say, “do you think this is a […]
Tobi (Timini Egbuson) is a poor school teacher, he is the typical disadvantaged Nigerian kid with amazing credentials. He studied a purportedly feasible degree in university and graduated with high grades but yet can’t make […]
Atoka, directed by Seun Afolabi, was one of the five films screened on day one of the Annual Film Mischief 2023, tagged “Shoot The Culture”. A coming-of-age drama, Atoka follows Wale (Soledayo Adegbite), a down-on-his-luck […]
Aoy (Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying) is the first born of three children. As first born, it’s her responsibility to run and later take over her family’s small stir-fried noodles shop in Bangkok. One day, a customer gives […]
I must have been too young at the time when the original Domitilla was released. Older siblings and friends talked about it in hushed tones to avoid queries from the adults around as to how […]
