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Dominic Hayes

Dominic Hayes


Perfect Days review: Finding warmth in a cold world

Perfect Days review: Finding warmth in a cold world

Spend a perfect day in the cinema with this new Wim Wenders classic on the beauty of the everyday
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.
An evening with CULTPLEX

An evening with CULTPLEX

This weekend I paid a visit to CULTPLEX, a small cult cinema hidden above a restaurant on Manchester’s Red Bank, and this is why you should go too
The Iron Claw review: From toxicity to tragedy

The Iron Claw review: From toxicity to tragedy

Traditional ideas of masculinity are critiqued through the true story of a legendary professional wrestling family in one of the most devastating films of the year
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
Evil Dead Rise review: Mommy’s with the maggots now

Evil Dead Rise review: Mommy’s with the maggots now

Sam Raimi updates the Evil Dead franchise with the gruesomely amazing Evil Dead Rise. From its effects, to makeup and its in-the-moment plot, this film will keep you immersed.
Jeanne Dielman at HOME review: The greatest film of all time?

Jeanne Dielman at HOME review: The greatest film of all time?

The Mancunion evaluates whether Chantal Akerman’s 1975 film, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, is truly the best film of all time
All Quiet on the Western Front review: War is Hell

All Quiet on the Western Front review: War is Hell

All Quiet on the Western Front is sweeping the awards circuit as a timely reminder of how necessary its anti-war sentiment is
Pinocchio review: Guillermo del Toro’s anti-fascist fairytale

Pinocchio review: Guillermo del Toro’s anti-fascist fairytale

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio combines anti-fascist themes with stunning animation to create a very necessary remake of the 1940s classic
Global Cinema Series: Contemporary South Korean Cinema

Global Cinema Series: Contemporary South Korean Cinema

Although the film title may come across as a ‘cheesy’ or ‘cringe’, Tune in For Love not only constructs a complex notion of love, but also captures South-Korea in a period of great economic change
Halloween Ends review: Michael Myers’ disappointing swan song

Halloween Ends review: Michael Myers’ disappointing swan song

Halloween Ends is a disappointing conclusion for the slasher franchise, feeling as if the film would never actually end
Triangle of Sadness review: Let’s all laugh at the rich

Triangle of Sadness review: Let’s all laugh at the rich

Triangle of Sadness fires shots at the vapidity and vainness of the rich – you are supposed to be laughing at them, not with them
The Father: Exploring the horrors of dementia

The Father: Exploring the horrors of dementia

Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman shine in The Father, an Oscar-nominated play adaptation