One emotion we humans are all too familiar with is pain. The happiness or excitement we experience cannot go on too long without being interrupted by something painful, such as a breakup, losing a job […]
Samaria is a highly subversive film and a particularly good one at that. If a film is subversive or if it “subverts expectations,” this means that it uses plot twists in its story to surprise […]
Given everything that happens in this film, BOO’D UP is a pretty ironic title. This was the first thing that came to mind right before the fade to black. To be boo’d up or booed […]
Emerging filmmaker Orire Nwani wins Best Director prize at the New York Tri-State International Film Festival for Naked Woman, a short film now headed to the 11th edition of the African International Film festival (AFRIFF). […]
I talk about the French New Wave a lot. Whenever I get to be part of a discussion about film, whether online or in person, I find a way to smoothly transition from the topic […]
Samaria, a 15-minute film that spotlights the struggles an average girl child faces in Nigeria, is set to be released by Chiemeka Osuagwu and Ruby Igwe on October 11 after an impressive international festival run. […]
I do not think we’re meant to see films once. Stanley Kubrick once said, “The whole idea that a movie should be seen only once is an extension of our traditional conception of the film […]
Mo Abudu has announced that she is set to make her directorial debut with two short films, Her Perfect Life and Iyawo Mi, currently in principal photography. The films, also written by the filmmaker, will […]
Crushed Roses is a tale of two friends whose feelings fail to meet halfway; although they get their hearts in the right place, their timing is inaccurate. Zainab (Toluwanimi Osaile) and Wale (Temilolu Fosudo) are […]
