Category: The Cutting Floor
Predicting Nollywood in the second year of coronavirus
Around this time last year, Nollywood was looking to rise from the ashes of the Lionheart Oscar fracas from late ...
Regina Askia-Williams is making her return to Nollywood with upcoming film ‘Web’
After making a huge name in late 90’s Nollywood and well into the 2000’s, starring in movies like Highway to ...
Crime thriller ‘Sanitation Day’ offers new teaser ahead of cinema release
Earlier in the year, we reported that Seyi Babatope’s crime thriller Sanitation Day has been slated for a January release ...
When will Nollywood-Bollywood film ‘Namaste Wahala’ be released?
Of all the Nollywood films pushed back because of the coronavirus pandemic last year, Namaste Wahala, a romantic comedy by ...
Charles Okpaleke is making a biopic about notorious 90’s criminal Shina Rambo
In an Instagram post published today, Charles Okpaleke (Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story) revealed that he ...
Toka McBaror taps into claustrophobic dread in trailer for horror film ‘Creepy Lives Here’
Strange enough, we are getting a Nollywood horror film in 2021. Even more surprising is that it is coming from ...
The final trailer for Paul Papel’s action drama ‘Eagle Wings’ is here
Paul Papel’s action drama Eagle Wings has been reported since last year, enrapturing the internet with its first footage showing ...
Why David Oyelowo played a Nigerian astronaut in Netflix film ‘The Midnight Sky’
David Oyelowo isn’t a stranger to the world of sci-fi. In 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, he ...
Review: ‘Nneka the Pretty Serpent’ fails to bite
Zeb Ejiro’s majestic horror picture Nneka the Pretty Serpent knows what it is: an original film. Tosin Igho’s Nneka the ...
Seyi Babatope’s crime thriller ‘Sanitation Day’ hits cinemas in 2021
A collaboration between Phebean Films and FilmOne Productions, Seyi Babatope’s upcoming crime thriller Sanitation Day is looking towards a January ...
Charles Okpaleke is working on an original film ‘The Six’ out in 2021
Charles Okpaleke and his production company Play Network Studios have been in the fast business of remaking old Nollywood material. ...
Nneka the Pretty Serpent, Omo Ghetto, Finding Hubby – Nollywood movies coming to cinemas this December
It’s the holiday season and while Nollywood doesn’t have a catalogue of good Christmas movies, December’s slate of offerings are ...
Film review: ‘This Lady Called Life’ is a modest charmer
In Kayode Kasum’s perfectly acceptable This Lady Called Life, Bisola Aiyeola is Aiye; a young single mother struggling to get ...
Film review: You haven’t seen anything quite like The Milkmaid
If the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has its way, you will not see The Milkmaid, the sophomore ...
Kunle Afolayan joins the #MeToo Movement with Citation
In 2018, allegations of sexual harassment by many men in high positions became rife in media reports and the year ...
Lovers Rock, Night of the Kings, Beginning…The most notable films of #NYFF58
In keeping with the non-competitive nature of the New York Film Festival (NYFF) which ran from September 17 to October ...
#EndSARS and the limits of celebrity activism
In the film One Night in Miami which had its North American premiere in September at the Toronto International Film ...
Film Review: From climate change to mental health, Sema Stori films feature narratives of impact
In the instantly arresting short film, Footsteps in the Dark a richly rendered opening animation sequence gives way to a ...
Nomadland, City Hall, Night of the Kings…The 20 best films at #TIFF2020
The 45th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) ploughed ahead this year albeit under socially distanced conditions from the 10th to ...
#TIFF2020: Idris Elba and Jharrel Jerome in Concrete Cowboy
Concrete Cowboy has a most interesting premise. A classic coming-of-age drama set within the very real backdrop of Philadelphia cowboy ...
#TIFF2020: David Oyelowo’s ‘The Water Man’ is a modest charmer
After delivering indelible performances in films like Selma and A United Kingdom, British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo appeals to the child ...
#TIFF2020Review: ‘I am Greta’ is an intimate yet puzzling profile of courage
2019 was the year that sixteen-year-old Swedish teenage climate activist, Greta Thunberg became a global icon. From inspiring climate change ...
Five reasons you should see ‘The Lost Okoroshi’ on Netflix this September
While we are still not sure when the coronavirus pandemic will be over, Nollywood has been protesting towards lifting the ...
Book Review: Othuke Ominiabohs’ Aviara affirms his place in Nigeria’s literary canon
In 2016’s Odufa, first time author Othuke Ominiabohs spun a disturbing tale of the toxic nature of love and the ...
We attempt the impossible: A ranking of the videos in Beyonce’s Black is King
On the last day in July, Beyoncé’s unveiled her new visual album Black is King on Disney+. Designed as a re-imagination of the ...
Film Review: Rita Dominic and Kalu Ikeagwu find their way through a marriage crisis in Light in the Dark
Light in the Dark opens with what may be becoming cinematographer Muhammed Attah Ahmed’s signature flourish. The camera, placed upside ...
Saworoide, The Meeting, Walking with Shadows…20 Nigerian films that should be on Netflix (but aren’t)
In the last one year, streaming giant Netflix has doubled down on its Nollywood engagement, increasing the number of Nigerian ...
Book Review: The Mechanics of Yenagoa by Michael Afenfia is a page turner
The Mechanics of Yenagoa, the latest title by Canadian based Nigerian author Michael Afenfia is something of a guilty pleasure. ...
Film Review: The triumphs and layered questions of Daniel Etim Effiong’s Skin
Skin, the buzzy documentary produced by Beverly Naya and directed by Daniel Etim Effiong is the kind of well-intentioned project ...