Arie and Chuko Esiri's "Clarissa" is a beautiful take on Virginia Woolf's novel, transposed to Lagos and illuminated by a superb Sophie Okonedo.

Chuko and Arie Esiri's "Clarissa" is the second Nigerian film to ever play Cannes. With Neon as its global distributor, they ...

"Clarissa," a film from Arie and Chuko Eriri which also stars Ayo Edebiri, David Oyelowo, and many more, breathes new life ...

Arie and Chuko Esiri discussing adapting Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel 'Mrs. Dalloway' and give it the title of 'Clarissa', her ...

Sophie Okonedo shines in ‘Clarissa,’ Arie and Chuko Esiri’s elegant, incisive Lagos-set reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs.

Commanding performances and a great musical score underpin this seductive drama about regret, memory and young love ...

In Clarissa, a group of friends are sitting for lunch at a vacation home in Abraka, Nigeria when their topic of conversation shifts to politics. One character asks a question that spotlights the ...

Okonedo captures that steeliness well, communicating the oppressive nature of the character’s life within the context of ...

Arie and Chuko Esiri take a team approach to their filmmaking, and the results with their Nigerian-set adaptation “Clarissa” ...

The Esiri brothers' Cannes Directors' Fortnight title relocate Virginia Woolf's potent themes to modern Nigeria ...

In an interview at Deadline’s Cannes studio, Okonedo said, “This is an incredibly meaningful film for me to have made. I’ve ...

TV has changed a lot over the past few decades, gradually moving away from traditional formulas to offer viewers more in-depth looks at culturally relevant issues with unique storytelling. Clarissa ...