Review: The Case of ‘Mo-Faya’, Crime Tropes and Kenya’s Leading Man Problem
Kicking off with thrill and action, the show loses momentum, ultimately weighed down by overused crime tropes and predictable storytelling.
Churchill Osimbo is a writer, poet, and pilot. He's been a professional critic since 2019, writing and continuing in the tradition of Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris and others; investigating the effects and merits of movies on the local consciousness, one film at a time.
Kicking off with thrill and action, the show loses momentum, ultimately weighed down by overused crime tropes and predictable storytelling.
This piece examines the cost of censorship on banned Kenyan films, and on emerging filmmakers yearning to tell bold stories.
After she falls for an internet romance scam, love blossoms between a lonely British woman and a boda boda driver in Nairobi.
With films like 'Kifungo', Kenyan filmmaker Voline Ogutu is exploring untapped genres in Kenya while tackling human and relatable stories.
From the producers of 'Justice Served' and 'Fatal Seduction', 'Soon Comes Night' follows a former freedom fighter turned heist king.
The actor gives a multi-layered, scene-stealing performance as the immutable thug Castro in Tosh Gitonga's musical drama series on Netflix.
From 'Kanairo' to 'Act of Love', here are five Kenyan short films to add to your watchlist.
The Film Industry Satellite Account aims to estimate the Kenyan film industry's contribution to the country’s overall GDP.
Pulling no punches, this play is full of sass and feminine pulchritude, weaponised brutally and wonderfully against all the evils of patriarchy.
Showmax contemporary Western series 'Outlaws' is a show that will entertain many, and dazzle fans of telenovelas but bore those of Westerns.