This story is featured in the March/April 2025 issue of ESSENCE. In 2017, sisters Tochi and Ebele ­Anueyiagu shared a single image on their new Instagram account: a still of Nigerian film and beauty ...

The British Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. and his brother Wale were both toddlers when their father died. As adults, ...

ABUJA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Nigerian air force strikes destroyed about 10 canoes and killed more than 40 militants preparing attacks in Borno state, the military said late on Sunday, in the latest in a ...

By Oluwapelumi OlusanjoNollywood, Africa’s largest film industry by volume, is undergoing a powerful transformation in 2026 as women increasingly take charge behind the camera, redefining storytelling ...

Streaming giant Netflix’s movie slate in the second half of 2025 delivered an interesting mix of prestige cinema and global pop-culture hits. From Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein to the wildly ...

Goodbye, Park City, and thanks for all the memories. Back in 1978, when Robert Redford first established what was then known as the Utah/U.S. Film Festival, this modest little affair was based in Salt ...

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Copshop will become available for streaming on Netflix on February 1, 2026. Following its release, the Gerard Butler movie received a mostly positive response from critics. It currently has an 83 ...

OTT releases this week: The third week of January is shaping up to be a streaming overload, and honestly, that’s a good problem to have. Between January 19 and January 25, 2026, OTT platforms roll out ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Any “best of” list is subjective, dependent on who is doing the judging and on the criteria of the films being considered. Therefore, they are all highly ...

The modern comedy movies that arrived on Netflix in January are very unimpressive and not worthy of a place among the best. So, we’ll just have to look to the past when deciding the films that should ...

Amazon Prime Video is the best place for movies in January 2026 and in the months to come. The streamer has added a ton of new movies to its library in the new year, and Watch With Us has a list of ...