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Daniella Alconaba

Daniella Alconaba

Film and TV Editor for The Mancunion

SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, programming and being a first-time filmmaker: “There has to be room in the film world for all tastes”

SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, programming and being a first-time filmmaker: “There has to be room in the film world for all tastes”

In conversation with Jane Giles, co-director of SCALA!!!, we discuss how she came to make the film, her career in programming and how the London cinema had lasting impact on young audiences
Preview: Manchester Film Festival returns to the Great Northern | MFF 2024

Preview: Manchester Film Festival returns to the Great Northern | MFF 2024

Manchester Film Festival returns once again to the Odeon Great Northern, this time they’re celebrating 10 years of introducing cutting-edge cinema to the city’s audience
A conversation: Debating our picks for the 2024 Oscars

A conversation: Debating our picks for the 2024 Oscars

Forget the Oscars ceremony. This is where to find who should really be winning these awards.
My favourite fragrance

My favourite fragrance

Looking for a new signature scent? Or just wondering what fragrance your library crush is wearing? Either way, our experts have weighed in on their favourite perfumes and colognes
Falling in love with the screen: 7 things to watch this Valentine’s

Falling in love with the screen: 7 things to watch this Valentine’s

Spend this cold and unforgiving Valentine’s season snuggled up to a film or show, expertly judged and recommended by our globally cultural and renowned experts
An evening with MASSIVE Cinema at Odeon Great Northern

An evening with MASSIVE Cinema at Odeon Great Northern

MASSIVE Cinema projected an exclusive preview of The Iron Claw for young audiences of Manchester at the city’s quaint multiplex, Odeon Great Northern
The best films of 2023

The best films of 2023

What’s more prestigious than the Oscars? Our Film Section’s 2023 round up. It’s a list directors can only dream of being a part of
A gift guide for film lovers

A gift guide for film lovers

As Christmas comes around once again, these are the gifts you should be getting for the cinephiles in your life
The Boy and the Heron review: Miyazaki’s failure to retire comes to our delight | MAF 2023

The Boy and the Heron review: Miyazaki’s failure to retire comes to our delight | MAF 2023

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
Wes Anderson’s medley of Roald Dahl short films: Theatrical style combines with Dahl’s fantasy to varying effects

Wes Anderson’s medley of Roald Dahl short films: Theatrical style combines with Dahl’s fantasy to varying effects

Following his retelling of Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson is back once again in the Roald Dahl universe – only this time with four short films premiering on Netflix
Fritz Lang’s M: The perfect thriller

Fritz Lang’s M: The perfect thriller

Despite being made nearly a century ago, Fritz Lang’s classic lives up to be one of the best thrillers of all time
SCALA!!! review: A cinema that “changed lives and blew minds” | FilmFear 2023

SCALA!!! review: A cinema that “changed lives and blew minds” | FilmFear 2023

FilmFear in collaboration with Manchester’s HOME cinema presents SCALA!!!, a vibrant documentary centred around the legendary London cinema
An evening with Rough C.U.T.S’ unconventional double bills featuring Boys in Peaches…

An evening with Rough C.U.T.S’ unconventional double bills featuring Boys in Peaches…

The Mancunion attend a double bill screening of Call Me by Your Name and James and the Giant Peach as part of Rough C.U.T.S’ summer 2023 film programme
How to Have Sex review: A sobering story of Brits abroad | LFF 2023

How to Have Sex review: A sobering story of Brits abroad | LFF 2023

Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature focusing on three teen girls on holiday solidifies its place in important contemporary British cinema
Rotting in the Sun review: Sun, sex, and senseless protagonists

Rotting in the Sun review: Sun, sex, and senseless protagonists

Rotting in the Sun’s satirical stance on human melancholy is an acquired taste but one that is completely unrestrained and wild
Past Lives review: Celine Song delivers an outstanding debut

Past Lives review: Celine Song delivers an outstanding debut

Celine Song’s debut film about past lovers and what could have been will mend and simultaneously break your heart

MANIFF 2023: Something You Said Last Night review

In her directorial debut, Luis De Filippis explores families at their worst and best through a tender slow cinema lens

The BAFTAs, the thing, and the Woman King: Ariana DeBose celebrates women in film

Ariana DeBose pays tribute to women in film in a very questionable rap performed at the BAFTAs
Global Cinema Series: Touching Down in Japan

Global Cinema Series: Touching Down in Japan

The Mancunion film team explore how Japanese film has captured audiences’ imagination and examines Japan as a titan of global cinema
Making sense of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Making sense of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Film discourse tell us of the sexism embedded within the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, but does she have real life implications on young women?