Category: The Cutting Floor
‘Glamour Girls’ remake will be written, directed and produced by women. Here’s why it matters
Prolific producer Charles Okpaleke has been about Nollywood dominion. After the well-received sequel of occult horror Living in Bondage in ...
La Femme Anjola, Eagle Wings, The Razz Guy, The Therapist – Nollywood movies out in cinemas this March
The King of Boys sequel is out this year as a Netflix original, and Kemi Adetiba just recently released a ...
Nigeria’s ‘The Milkmaid’ loses out on Oscars 2021 Best International Feature
Desmond Ovbiagele’s insurgency thriller The Milkmaid was easily the best Nollywood film of 2020, having scaled through the Oscars eligibility ...
Lizard, Passing, Judas and the Black Messiah…The 15 Best Films at this year’s Sundance
This year’s the Sundance film festival, America’s most important film market for independent film adopted a hybrid model that favored ...
The trailer for crime thriller ‘La Femme Anjola’ is finally here
Mildred Okwo’s hotly anticipated crime thriller La Femme Anjola has been in limbo for a long time, thanks to the ...
Namaste Wahala, Fine Wine – the Nollywood films coming this February
We have survived the first month of 2021, and RIP to all the movies released in January because no one ...
Short film ‘Lizard’ is Nigeria’s only submission at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is currently underway in the US, scheduled for January 28th all through to Febuary 3rd. ...
John Boyega has joined the cast of Netflix crime drama ‘The Formula’
In some casting news, John Boyega has joined the cast of the Gerard McMurray’s crime drama The Formula coming to ...
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 ...