Film Archive
20th November 2018
Victoria Baths: A Pop-Up Christmas Extravaganza
The Village Screen Green will be hosting a pop-up cinema in The Victoria Baths including nostaglic films such as Home Alone.
20th November 2018
Manchester’s Animation Festival 2018: AniJam
The Manchester Animation Festival 2018 shared animations created in AniJam; a 48-hour animation challenge, based on the theme ‘Together.’
17th November 2018
Manchester Animation Festival: Virus Tropical
Santiago Caicedo’s animated coming of age tale, Virus Tropical, proves to be a starkly simple slice of life fronted by terrific animation.
15th November 2018
A vibrant launch party for MACFest
Aisha Al-Janabi and Bella Jewell reflect on the vibrant and celebratory launch event of MACFEST 2018
15th November 2018
Review: Wildlife
Madeleine Peden reviews Wildlife, set in a small town in 1960s Montana, Paul Dano’s film adaptation of Richard Ford’s novel depicts the breakdown of the Brinson family
15th November 2018
The Princess Diaries – Empowering or inspiring self-consciousness amongst women?
Countless films involve women receiving a make-over in order to be deemed attractive, but does this effect women’s self-consiousness?
15th November 2018
KinoFilm Festival: In conversation with Paul Allen
Aisha Al-Janabi is in conversation with Paul Allen, the festival manager of KinoFilm Festival
15th November 2018
Review: They Shall Not Grow Old
A transformative, powerful, and simple documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old must be seen
15th November 2018
Obituary: Stan Lee
The revolutionary writer, editor, publisher, and producer Stan Lee passed away on the 12th November 2018. His fictional worlds were enjoyed by all.
15th November 2018
Review: House of Cards – Season 6
Adrian Kanyoli gives his take on the final season of the hit TV series and explores its significance in this post-Weinstein world
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15th November 2018
Review: Overlord
A cohesive and well-paced ‘Nazi zombies’ movie, Overlord is a solid genre-mash up with impressive action sequences, and gruesome body-horror, writes Alfie Clark
10th November 2018
The Muslim Arts and Culture Festival which is “Spreading Honey Not Hate”
Arts and Film editors, Bella Jewell and Aisha Al-Janabi, preview MACFest: a ground-breaking festival which will run from the 17th November to the 25th, created to celebrate Islamic culture
8th November 2018
Jason Blum and the horrors of misogynistic gatekeeping
The highly successful producer blames female invisibility behind the camera on lack of participation. But, is he right? (Spoiler alert: no, he isn’t).
8th November 2018
Review: Widows
Four women must take over a heist after their husbands die on the job, yet seemingly Widows still focuses on the men, inexplicably
8th November 2018
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: a female protagonist and still not feminist
Georgia Church questions the award-winning film’s claim to supporting the feminism movement in the face of its starkly flawed characterisations
7th November 2018
Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
Adrian Kanyoli reviews Bohemian Rhapsody, a biopic on the musical phenomena that is the band Queen.
6th November 2018
Women along the red carpet
The difference in words to describe actor and actress should have no consequence on the prestige of the word, but it appears to.
2nd November 2018
Review: Peterloo
Peterloo will be released on the 9th of November, and gives tribute to The Peterloo Massacre of 1918.
1st November 2018
Review: Daredevil season 3 – a show without fear
Marvel’s most successful foray into the streaming world comes in the form of the comic book adaptation of Daredevil, the man without fear, who upholds the high standard of realism and gleeful brutality established back in 2015’s season one
1st November 2018
Review: Halloween
This Halloween film isn’t like the other sequels to the 1978 original: it’s good