Let's Talk Movies
Let's Talk Movies
Filmmaking is an intimate and collaborative creative medium. Filmmakers’ personalized interpretation and understanding of what motion pictures are come to the fore when you watch their films or have a conversation with them. For Adesola Oni, his anarchist filmmaking style…
Young independent filmmakers have been churning out diverse projects in the last few years. Thanks to social media and the increased use of easily accessible distribution channels like YouTube, new voices have the platforms to tell new stories that challenge…
“You’ll likely watch it more than once.” Joseph Osamudiamen ends with this phrase in his review of the film on whatkeptmeup.com. With sound penmanship, Joseph paints the picture so well that it’s impossible to make a copy. And I did…
Ebose Ehi-Bello’s The Day We Met opens with a family of three—a couple, Anthony and Cynthia, and their daughter, Hannah—having their morning prayers. When the couple begins cracking jokes with one another, it occurs to Hannah that she has never…
Impostor syndrome is the internal psychological experience of feeling like a phony in some area of your life, despite any success that you have achieved in that area. According to a recent KPMG study, seventy-five percent of executive women report…
The Griot is a tragic romance drama that follows the journeys of two friends, Sanmi and Lakunle. Lakunle is a smart yet timid weaver who feeds his audacious and assuming friend, Sanmi with stories that helps him gain popularity in…
I’ve been encumbered with the brutal task of trying to summarize the year for Nollywood in a couple of words. I could simply call it good or bad, slap on a block of decent prose to back my stance, and…
Jordan Peele has had a good five years. In 2017, the director released his first film Get Out, to waves of acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Most filmmakers can only dream of having an outing as profitable as the…
Household names like Funke Akindele (Battle on Buka Street) and Kunle Afolayan (Swallow) are known to have started out in front of the camera as actors before finding their way to the top wearing the producer’s hat. While these people…
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