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Florrie Evans

Florrie Evans


TV Nostalgia: Our childhood favourites

TV Nostalgia: Our childhood favourites

From Tracy Beaker to the Clone Wars, we explore some of our favourite childhood shows and ask just why did we love them so much?
Bridgerton is back with a much stronger season 2

Bridgerton is back with a much stronger season 2

Our Deputy Film Editor reviews the long-awaited Bridgerton season two
MANIFF 2022: We’re All in This Together

MANIFF 2022: We’re All in This Together

MANIFF 2022: Katie Boland acts in, directs, writes, and produces her directorial debut We’re All in This Together
History of film: The first female filmmakers and their feminist message

History of film: The first female filmmakers and their feminist message

Florrie Evans explores the first female filmmakers, highlighting their most famous films and their feminist message
Women behind the scenes of cinema

Women behind the scenes of cinema

Let’s spotlight the women behind the scenes of cinema, and acknowledge their best work.
Prioritising the female gaze: Films you didn’t know were directed by women

Prioritising the female gaze: Films you didn’t know were directed by women

Our writers at the film section compile a list of our favourite female directed films.
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
Oscar Predictions 2022

Oscar Predictions 2022

Four of our film writers give their predictions for the upcoming Academy Awards
Mancunion Christmas Worsts

Mancunion Christmas Worsts

Here are our least favourite Christmas films, so you can stay jolly this Christmas season
Last Night in Soho Review: Edgar Wright chooses style over storyline

Last Night in Soho Review: Edgar Wright chooses style over storyline

Despite its glorious design and chilling colour palette, Edgar Wright’s new film at times goes for narrative style over substance
Made in Manchester: authors and poets

Made in Manchester: authors and poets

Florrie Evans considers her favourite Mancunian writers, from Authors who have written the classics, to contemporary poets
MANIFF 2021: Trouble Will Find Us

MANIFF 2021: Trouble Will Find Us

Trouble Will Find Us tells a tragic tale of a couple’s misunderstanding and struggles through their changing relationship
Lesbian period dramas: Have we seen enough?

Lesbian period dramas: Have we seen enough?

Is it time to create more modern love stories for the LGBTQ+ community?
It’s a Sin: Youth, freedom and AIDS in 1980s London

It’s a Sin: Youth, freedom and AIDS in 1980s London

Channel 4’s newest series, It’s a Sin, is a compelling portrait of 1980s gay youth, sexual freedom and the beginnings of HIV epidemic
Review: The Queen’s Gambit

Review: The Queen’s Gambit

Netflix’s limited series follows a chess genius at work, telling the story of addiction and loss in 1960s United States
Review: Saint Maud

Review: Saint Maud

A24’s latest psychological horror is a perfect portrayal of a character gone mad, and makes a good reason to venture out to cinema this Halloween