James Gill’s thoughts on the films UK premier at MANIFF 2017

A must-watch feminist documentary series

The world premier of Warren Malone’s tale set in London

Christopher Murray sits down with The Mancunion to unpack his second feature length film, El Cristo Ciego (The Blind Christ)

This subpar movie is based on the Boston marathon bombings

Paul Verhoeven completes his quasi-female trilogy of sex, violence and independence, but does Isabelle Huppert’s Oscar-nominated performance get dragged down in the seething violence?

LoveTrue is genre-surpassing and shimmeringly poignant

A coming-of-age story that struggles to come to turn with the past

Mritunjay Sharma expands on the problematic nature of foreign nomination at the Oscars

Mritunjay Sharma reviews Public Intimacy and Railment, both shown at the Manchester Film Festival 2017

A film that tells an important political story that is often over-looked

Films successfully adapted from books

First-time feature director Anne Rose Holmer’s composes an uncanny coming of age film which will leave you mulling over what you have seen for days to come

The final installment of the Wolverine trilogy brings Hugh Jackman’s iconic role to a successful end

The 89th Academy Awards took place on the 26th February at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood

Xavier Dolan’s brutally honest and claustrophobic new work shows us “home is where it hurts”, but its emotional disconnection makes it hard to relate, writes Joe Casson

While this Chinese-American fantasy adventure may succeed in visual spectacle, there’s little else ‘great’ about Damon’s latest blockbuster

A Batman movie we may not deserve, but one we needed

Director Ben Wheatley and actor Micheal Smiley preview their new film Free Fire at HOME with a special Q&A

A story told in three parts, The Eyes of My Mother is a triumphant attempt at modern horror, from first time director Nicolas Pesce