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Murtada Elfadl

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Sep 16, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Murtada Elfadl

    ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’ Review: A Twisty Nigerian Melodrama That Could Use More Mischief (opens the original)

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    Filmmaker Daniel Oriahi crafts a spirited tale that refuses to trust its own welcome excesses. One of three Nigerian films playing at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives” immediately throws the audience into the central dilemma of its plotty narrative. In the first scene, post copulation, Baga Segi (Odunlade Adekola) demands that his fourth and youngest wife Bolanle (Omowunmi Dada) see someone about being infertile: It’s been a couple of years since their ma

  2. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Murtada Elfadl

    ‘Masc’ Review: A Sensitive Character Study Where Identity is Found in Imitation and Observation (opens the original)

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    Filmmaker Bertil Nilsson creates a grammar for masculinity in collaboration with his lead actor Joshua Griffin. In “Masc,” director Bertil Nilsson pulls off a nifty trick: He observes an observer. Usually a film’s protagonist has the dominant POV, but here, Robin (Joshua Griffin) is trying to find his personality by observing other men in his orbit. He almost never initiates the action and is mostly reticent about his reactions, but he takes note of everything. This makes for a fascinating watch

  3. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Murtada Elfadl

    ‘What Will I Become?’ Review: Transmasculine Lives Take Center Stage in a Poignant Portrait of Loss (opens the original)

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    Logan Rozos and Lexie Bean's documentary sensitively tell the stories behind the statistics. At an early point in “What Will I Become?,” co-director Logan Rozos explains to the camera, “We are not taken seriously, so we have to take ourselves very seriously.” The film he has made, with Lexie Bean, tackles the crisis of transmasculine suicide head-on, while adding specificity and poignant remembrance. Though it mostly avoids being a PSA, some statistics have to be mentioned when more than 50% of

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