BlackStar: In the Rashida Seriki-written and directed short film, nostalgia is a vehicle both literally and figuratively. The couple drive through Lagos in a vintage Mercedes Benz revisiting the past through symbolic stops like the […]
When you build mystery in a film, there is an important balance between drawing in your audience with questions and never showing your hand too early. You navigate with the cinematic equivalent of a poker […]
In Charlotte Mew’s 1912 poem “The Farmer’s Bride,” a farmer muses over his marriage to a much younger maiden who is clearly unhappy with her assigned role as a wife and terrified of him. He […]
Hamisha Daryani Ahuja’s Namaste Wahala was forgettable. The 2021 film served as a try-out for the Indian-Nigerian fusion. Its main point of impact was its cross-cultural novelty. To be fair, a slow-motion meet cute on […]
One would be forgiven if they concluded that Slum King was a Gangs of Lagos spinoff. It is a good comparison. Gangs of Lagos carries its weight, and if read a certain way, it might […]
True to its title, Gangs of Lagos, Prime Video’s debut African original film, directed by filmmaker Jadesola Osiberu, depicts an impoverished and chaotic neighborhood that bursts into a bloodbath. A hybrid work that integrates components […]
Art, the cliche goes, imitates life. A friend, H, sat by the window in a Lagos Danfo. She was enduring the infamous Lagos go-slow. Her head nestled on the glass, and she held her phone […]
Thrillers that have twins as the lead characters seem to always have exciting plots whether the characters are working together against a common adversary or whether they are on opposite sides. Brotherhood joins films like […]
With the release of an official poster, the wait for Loukman Ali’s crime-action Brotherhood has yet been extended. Brotherhood, which is set to tell the story of twin brothers on opposite sides of the law […]
Another high-class optics, Lagos-set story fuelled by greed, bad decisions and money rituals. Four friends Osiano (Shawn Faqua), Jite (Uzor Arukwe), Eddie (Tobi Bakre), and Obi (Alex Ekubo) make a covenant in secondary school to […]
