Blood on Broad Street Review: A Nigerian Thriller That Actually Earns Its Twists
Most Nollywood thrillers collapse under their own twists by the final act. This one, about a junior bank audit…
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How Nigerians Actually Watch TV Now: Inside Our Streaming Habits
Forget the glossy global streaming narrative. In Nigeria, watching a show is a negotiation between data bundle…
The Best and Worst of Nollywood This Year, According to Us
A year of Nollywood releases, sorted honestly into what actually worked, what was a well-marketed disappointme…
Still Standing: A Nollywood Veteran on Forty Years, Three Comebacks, and Being Forgotten Twice
She was a household name in the 1990s video-film era, disappeared from screens for a decade, and clawed her wa…
The Costume Designers Who Make Nollywood Believable
Nollywood's rising production values get credited to directors and cinematographers. The costume designers qui…
Why Nigerians Are Going Back to the Cinema
Filmhouse and Genesis cinemas are reporting packed weekend screenings again. The reasons have less to do with …
Behind the Scenes with a Nollywood Icon
A candid conversation about thirty years in the Nigerian film industry.
How Netflix Quietly Rewired Nollywood
Nollywood used to mean a film shot in ten days for a few million naira. The streaming era has split the indust…
Nollywood's New Wave of Storytellers
A younger generation of filmmakers is trading formula for ambition — and audiences are responding.
Meet the Indie Filmmaker Making Nollywood's Most Unconventional Films on Almost No Budget
With a cast of mostly first-time actors and a budget that wouldn't cover craft services on a major Nollywood s…
A Sunday Affair Review: Nollywood's Quietest Heartbreak in Years
No screaming matches, no dramatic slaps, just a woman, a church pew and a decision that unravels quietly acros…
Why Nollywood's Oscar Push Keeps Falling Short, and What It Would Actually Take
Every year brings a confident Nigerian Oscar submission and every year ends in quiet disappointment. A clear-e…