Oscar winner, Antoine Fuqua, began his film career making music videos, so did Spike Jonze. Here in Nigeria, Ema Edosio...
The Netflix film, Cuties, generated much controversy even before it was released on the platform. My take: Cuties would work...
The Man Died is important as a historical testament of a nation told from the point of view of a writer, activist and politically engaged intellectual who has interrogated the failings of the Nigerian state for over a half century.
There are so many themes that resonate with me in this film, The Man Of God by Bolanle Austen-Peters. What...
It starts with a storyteller captivating an audience with a gripping tale about a man tempted by a water demon:...
Just before the world went to hell in a handbasket and social distancing became the most important guiding principle to...
To fully enjoy Tolu Ajayi’s short film, Training Day helmed on behalf of Paradigm Initiative, one must do more than...
The iREP documentary film festival has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. thelagosreview.ng was at last year’s festival...
The makers of Water and Garri are familiar with the Nollywood filmmaking play book: choose a topical subject matter, cast a popular and /or beautiful face(s), then spice up the footage with beautiful scenery. Eureka! You have a film.
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There’s excessive glamour in Nollywood today – so much so that any film that bucks the trend is called a...
Why would you name your only child Oluwanimbe, Nimbe for short, that is, the Lord says the name bearer is...