Joseph Jonathan

Adunni: Ogidan Binrin
AIFF 2025: “Adunni: Ogidan Binrin” Is a Story of Resistance Undone by Its Own Execution

Adunni: Ogidan Binrin is a reminder that even the most righteous revolutions can falter when…

Lights Out
AIFF 2025: Enah Johnscott Illuminates the Fragility of Memory and the Fading Architecture of Care in “Lights Out”

Lights Out is not a perfect film; uneven, overly ambitious, and occasionally meandering, but it…

The Herd
“The Herd” Review: Daniel Etim Effiong’s Debut Feature Is Taut and Human

The Herd is a debut that demands attention: not merely for its suspense, but for…

Finding Optel
“Finding Optel” Review: A Tender, Uneven Portrait of Ordinary Lives and the Quiet Radicalism of Small Stories

At a time when African cinema often feels pressured to either moralise or monumentalise, Finding…

Dodo Ikire
“Dodo Ikire” Review: Abdulafiz Opeyemi Shittu’s Ode to the Women Feeding a Nation

What Dodo Ikire ultimately captures, perhaps unintentionally at first, is how deeply entrenched women are…

Thinline
“Thinline” Review: Nollywood’s Dangerous Blind Spot on Male Sexual Assault and the Illusion of Morality

Thinline is a mirror of how deeply entrenched gendered assumptions still shape Nollywood storytelling. By…

memories
In Absence, You Find Presence: What “My Father’s Shadow” Taught Me About Remembering

Remembering isn’t just about freezing time, it’s about letting memory evolve, the way grief turns…

Nollywood
Nollywood and Its Complicated Relationship with the Oscars

Whether or not an Oscar ever comes, Nollywood’s challenge is to chart a path that…

talking stage
Neither Here nor There: The Talking Stage as Nigeria’s New Relationship Culture

The talking stage, in all its messiness, is Nigeria’s new relationship culture. Neither here nor…

Nollywood
30 Nollywood Films That Explore African Spirituality and Tradition

Across generations, these films have returned to the same core questions: Who are we? What…