Archive - The briar report’s Substack

THEY USED TO BE CHARMING.

Jun 5 • remi akinwande

March 2026

WHO WATCHES THOSE WHO CAN'T WATCH?

NORMAN WILLIAMS STREET, LAGOS —The interior architecture of Dada Gallery in Ikoyi is a cathedral for sound and light.

Mar 26 • remi akinwande

HERE LIES PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, THE ALTMANIAN SPAWN

For the film-literate, Paul Thomas Anderson is a rite of passage.

Mar 18 • remi akinwande

The world's most photographed people

Exhibition confidential.

Mar 14 • remi akinwande

Some indie Nigerian filmmakers worth your time.

With the current state of affairs it’s easy to feel a sense of monotony if your eyes are constantly on the mainstream facet of the Nigerian film…

Mar 3 • remi akinwande

February 2026

DISPATCHES FROM EKO SHORT SESSIONS CIRCA 2025

HERE ARE THE YOUNG MEN IN JUSTYNA OBASI’S RITUAL

Feb 22 • remi akinwande

Alas poor Wallace, our fellow of infinite jest.

dispatches from the ennet house.

Feb 13 • remi akinwande

January 2026

On Michael Omonua’s Rehearsal : a simulacrum of pentecostalism

For she said in herself, If I should only touch the hem of his garment, I shall be saved — Matthew 9:21

Jan 29 • remi akinwande

December 2025

Hang the muckracker, throw the brains on the street.

Nothing good comes from the venture of shouting intelligent commentary at the clown show .

Dec 21, 2025 • remi akinwande

Late correspondence on IFA'25: notes on a new wave.

The sun retired its panoramic watch over the seven hills as I arrived unfashionably late to this year’s edition of the Ibadan indie film awards.

Dec 6, 2025 • remi akinwande

November 2025

THE BEWILDERING GOD ENTROPY IN JONATHAN HICKMAN’S SECRET WARS

God is a verb in a comic book.

Nov 24, 2025 • remi akinwande

A treatise on the faceware

notes on generative AI and the humanity of pictures.

Nov 10, 2025 • remi akinwande