Seyi Lasisi
@SeyiVortex
Books. Visual arts. Films. Those three, in different order, make life bearable.
Word on the street is that one Seyi Lasisi wrote, in the words of @IIIIHela, a "sizzling 🔥" review of @MamiWatamovie for @afrocritik. You know what to do, right? Watch the film. Read the review. Share your thoughts. Eseee. afrocritik.com/mami-wata-revi…
bell hooks: "The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. 1/2
i’m particularly excited about my film NO BROTHER FOR LAGOS. apart from this romcom being inspired by how my parents met, the film also seeks to archive and preserve my first language from extinction.
"The Executive Producer has to have a working knowledge & understanding of virtually all phases of film production and film business, alongside having some business sense or acumen." Both for business & creative results. Ebukah Nzeji wrote this in 2023. whatkeptmeup.com/nollywood-movi…
them day even cook me for Facebook too.. as always, watch the series, if you can, and read the review culturecustodian.com/to-kill-a-monk… 😪🤗
"Nigerians are united in their exhibitionist and exaggerative tendencies. The cultural and social conditioning of the Nigerian society makes living a solitary and modest lifestyle impossible. Parties, even intimate ones, must be exaggerated, music must be chaotically high,…
This is the best match report you'll read about the Morocco vs Nigeria #WAFCON final. football411.net/super-falcons-…
Hated writing film reviews because it’s such a hard and super intellectual work that just makes people angry, so angry they want to fight and belittle you even when they know nothing about you. And this weird violent reaction to criticism extends beyond film. You see how…
SHUT UP YOUR DIRTY MOUTH! “Nigerian movie reviews” Go and shoot your own 10/10 show and don’t piss me off!
Rethinking African Press Strategy: Legitimacy, Leverage, and Local Control (FREE Read) African screen industry professionals—even if unwittingly—have normalized a strategy that often prioritizes Western trade media as the default outlet for industry news, while African press is…
"And what a review embodies, above all, is one viewer’s experience of it. The essence of the review is evaluation, which of course doesn’t imply the crude simplicity of a thumbs-up or thumbs-down." ✍️ Richard Brody newyorker.com/culture/the-le…
my introduction to Hirokazu Kore-eda was Our Little Sister.... completed Monster some minutes ago and i am reminded, again and again, of the power of cinema in the hands of a artistically-concious director and crew.
Legendary film critic ROGER EBERT explains what a good movie review should do.
egbon @JollyPaps1 sent a screnshot of this to me a week or two ago still and always relevant
Film criticism, when done well, is supposed to make you think deeper about a film and engage with it in more complex ways. It is not really meant to decide for the entire population whether or not they should see something. You all have agency. You get to decide that yourself.
"This sobering reality breeds political malnutrition and social apathy. And the result is the endless list of films and TV series, made by both competent and incompetent filmmakers, that’s greatly bereft of any value besides entertainment." culturecustodian.com/love-in-every-…
Inspired by @abasimaenyinn 's 3k word TKAM review, here's me replugging my earlier 3k word plea to Nollywood to stop using sexual violence as a plot device. afrocritik.com/dear-nollywood…
It’s up 🙂↕️
My critique of TKAM is up. 3,000 words. My last contribution in the form of a criticism because I’m not watching any Nollywood series moving forward. I refuse to punish myself any longer. abasimaenyin.substack.com/p/to-kill-a-mo…
The campaign for the democratic management of our tertiary institutions must continue. The campaign for an independent Students' Union must continue. We must continue to link the struggle broadly. For a democratic and people-oriented social, economic and political system.
For a couple of weeks, I studied ‘yahoo yahoo’ on X, and monitored accounts that are actively doing it. Here’s my latest for @fijnigeria👇🏻 Cc: @officialEFCC Inside X Circles Where Fraudsters Use Lingo to Openly Promote, Celebrate Internet Scams fij.ng/article/inside…
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My review of TKAM. TL:DR: Decent. Excellent performance from the actors. The writers have questions to answer. A 120 min movie would suffice.
Tomorrow morning, I’ve booked a cinema in Abuja to watch “Freedom Way” by my sister @blessinguzzi and @broslekan Tonight I’ll randomly pick 20 of you and personally send the details. Ticket + popcorn = on me (if you go order shawarma na you sabi 😂)