Stanslaus Manthi

3 days ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Stanslaus Manthi

It’s been a splendid week in the Kenyan film and TV space. First off, a huge congratulations to Abel Mutua and his legion of followers, the Wakurugenzi, Philip Karanja, and the entire Philit Productions team for bagging two wins at the 11th Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards. You showed up, put in the work, and now you've earned the recognition. Untying Kantai scooped Best Writing for TV, and Makosa ni Yangu took home Best Indigenous Language Movie (East Africa).

1 week ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Stanslaus Manthi

Sitting there at a café after just watching the latest entry from Marvel, Thunderbolts, I find myself deep in thought. Wondering about the exact power of a hug, an embrace. Even more importantly, who were the first people to perform the act? Was it Adam and Eve, shortly after being thrown out of the Garden of Eden, trying to comfort themselves? If we were all to embrace at the same time, would we solve climate change?

2 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Stanslaus Manthi

I believe when it comes to Kenyan film culture in general, no one is coming to save us. Not Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood or Europe. No one is going to show up and suddenly change how we look at what we create and consume. Everything that needs to happen, from production to marketing to consumption, has to be figured out by us. There are small moments that remind me, as someone who covers a lot of visual media both locally and internationally, that we might be heading in the right direction.

2 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Stanslaus Manthi

Havoc is a conventional cop action thriller, we've seen it all before, drugs, corrupt cops, and gang wars. What makes Havoc different is the director, Gareth Evans. If you’re an action movie head, you have to be familiar with The Raid and The Raid 2. Both movie are his work. This time, Evans had Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, and Timothy Olyphant at his disposal. Evans leans more into stylised gunwork over hand-to-hand combat this time round.

3 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Stanslaus Manthi

At the beginning of 2025 I had Paddington in Peru and Sinners as the only movies at the very top of my 2025 must-watch list. Paddington came out in February, it's not perfect, but it's still up there. And now Sinners, is finally out. This has nothing to do with race politics, but I must say this is the only film that I was truly looking forward to.