As Christmas comes around once again, these are the gifts you should be getting for the cinephiles in your life

Hayao Miyazaki returns to screens with The Boy and the Heron, filled with adventure, sincerity and whimsicality it marks itself as the quintessential Miyazaki film

HOME and Film4 bring a weekend of frightful films to a close with Edgar Wright’s glamorous horror, Last Night in Soho

Amanda Nell Eu makes her directorial debut with soft body horror Tiger Stripes

Magnus Martens’ festive black comedy sees it’s UK premiere as part of FilmFear at Manchester’s HOME cinema

Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature tackles class and privilege in a bold maximalist vision for LFF’s opening night film

Carlota González-Adrio’s debut feature film is accompanied by a live Q&A for the 2023 ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival

HOME cinema embraces the Swinging Sixties with an ode to Julie Christie during its British Film Stars season

Manchester has no shortage of places to explore – enjoy some of our suggestions for the best that the city has to offer this festive season

Pip Carew reviews the diverse selection of shorts on display on Mixtape Side B at the Manchester Animation Festival

Where are Manchester’s best cinemas? The Mancunion answers this question with a cohesive list of the best places to go around the city

Deputy Film Editor, Josh Sandy, previews the highlights of the Manchester Animation Festival ahead of its much anticipated 5th edition

Izzy Sharp finds aspects of Tom Beard’s Two For Joy compelling and heartfelt, yet ultimately unable to strike home with its depiction of the tensions within a modern British family

Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a radical film that is profoundly shocking in both style and content, fostering a powerful sense of unease in the viewer. Almost 30 years after its release, it still has the capacity to disturb, writes Ashwin Tharoor