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The films for you: How cinematic is your university experience?

The films for you: How cinematic is your university experience?

Film editor Benjy Klauber looks back at some of the best, and worst, depictions of university life in British film and TV.
Lights, Camera, Election: Casting our vote on the best political films and TV

Lights, Camera, Election: Casting our vote on the best political films and TV

Our writers consider their favourite political films, in light of the student elections
Drive My Car: A reflective drive through the terrains of grief and loss

Drive My Car: A reflective drive through the terrains of grief and loss

Florrie Evans reviews a Ryusuke Hamaguchi adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story Drive My Car
Licorice Pizza: Good vibes only?

Licorice Pizza: Good vibes only?

It’s 1973, and in the San Fernando Valley a long hot summer has just begun. On the school picture day, 15-year-old Gary Valentine, a precocious child actor meets Alana Kane, a frustrated, bitingly sarcastic 25-year-old perpetually stuck in adolescent ennui.
Oscar Predictions 2022

Oscar Predictions 2022

Four of our film writers give their predictions for the upcoming Academy Awards
History of Film: New Hollywood

History of Film: New Hollywood

From Bonnie and Clyde to The Godfather, what was New Hollywood? Find out here
A Month in Film: Our editor’s top picks

A Month in Film: Our editor’s top picks

Lacking that fix of cinema? Here’s a cohesive list of the most exciting things going on in Manchester and across the film world for the next month
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Joel Coen avoids tragedy in this masterful reimagining

The Tragedy of Macbeth: Joel Coen avoids tragedy in this masterful reimagining

Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth is an aesthetic dream that artfully shakes up the Shakespeare cliches of the last decade and offers something truly unique.
C’mon C’mon…you have to see this film

C’mon C’mon…you have to see this film

Is C’mon C’mon worth the rave reviews? Sophie Hicks reviews the latest sensation to come from A24
The most predictable time of the year: The Holiday and Happiest Season

The most predictable time of the year: The Holiday and Happiest Season

All I want for Christmas is better rom-coms. Emotions shouldn’t be this formulaic
Mancunion Christmas Worsts

Mancunion Christmas Worsts

Here are our least favourite Christmas films, so you can stay jolly this Christmas season
Home Alone vs Home Sweet Home Alone: What went wrong?

Home Alone vs Home Sweet Home Alone: What went wrong?

Bethan Ingman compares a classic festive favourite to it’s 2021 remake Home Sweet Home Alone
The Power of the Dog: Cumberbatch shines in Netflix’s Western melodrama

The Power of the Dog: Cumberbatch shines in Netflix’s Western melodrama

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as an intimidating ranchman in this new family melodrama set to the backdrop of a Western
House of Gucci: Decade defining fashion film

House of Gucci: Decade defining fashion film

House of Gucci is an aesthetically pleasing portrayal of the Italian high-end luxury fashion house in the 70s and 80s.
A Cop Movie: A messy but sincere attempt to change the way we look at policing

A Cop Movie: A messy but sincere attempt to change the way we look at policing

Fact and fiction intertwine to unsatisfying ends in this genre-defying film about policing in Mexico.
The Guilty: Hollywood ‘Guilty’ of poaching foreign film success

The Guilty: Hollywood ‘Guilty’ of poaching foreign film success

Hollywood’s most recent international remake is undeniably a thrilling watch but, despite its extortionate budget, fails to match the Danish original
Titane: An enrapturing ruthless body horror nightmare

Titane: An enrapturing ruthless body horror nightmare

Following a young girl as she recovers from a traumatic car accident, Julia Ducournau’s Titane is one of the most anticipated horror films of the year
International Film: Tetsuo – A combination of gross-out body horror and cyberpunk cynicism

International Film: Tetsuo – A combination of gross-out body horror and cyberpunk cynicism

A Japanese business man is slowly consumed by machinery in this cerebral, fast paced horror staple
Eternals: An ethnically diverse cast can’t save the characters’ flawed backstories

Eternals: An ethnically diverse cast can’t save the characters’ flawed backstories

The most recent entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Eternals epitomises everything that is bad, standardised, and dull about the MCU
The Harder They Fall: Review

The Harder They Fall: Review

Stylish and comedic, the new black Western The Harder They Fall combines its diverse soundtrack with gun fighting thrills and horse chasing adventure