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Let’s break down the 2024 Oscar nominations
30th January 2024

The Oscar nominations are finally here, so let’s see who the frontrunners are, and who missed out

The End We Start From review: Quietly moving, powerfully provocative
29th January 2024

Mahalia Belo’s depiction of an ecological crisis is grimly realistic but Jodie Comer’s portrayal of the challenges of womanhood steals the show

Promising Young Woman didn’t deserve a release, nevermind an Oscar
29th December 2023

As Saltburn dominates FilmTok, Emerald Fennell’s misguided feature debut is once again back in a spotlight that it never deserved

The film is called Priscilla, why is everyone talking about Elvis?
26th December 2023

Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla is due to be released in January, but why are we only talking about who plays Elvis?

You’re dreaming of a Black Christmas: How to subvert the slasher   
19th December 2023

This 1974 horror classic is credited with creating many of the genre tropes but is it actually a lot more subversive than people think?

Wonka review: An almost tearful ending if it wasn’t for that Oompa Loompa
14th December 2023

Relive your 00s childhood and become drawn in by chocolate-themed musical numbers as we watch Willy Wonka fight to make a name in Paul King’s chocolate world

Napoleon review: An absurdly vacuous account of a legendary figure
14th December 2023

At times humorous, uncomfortable, and bizarre, Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is a triumph in marketing but a disaster in biography, characterized most glaringly by a serious of obtuse characters, bewildering editing, and alienating narrative choices

A gift guide for film lovers
11th December 2023

As Christmas comes around once again, these are the gifts you should be getting for the cinephiles in your life

Anatomy of a Fall review: Justine Triet’s forensic deconstruction of a marriage
6th December 2023

This Palme D’or winning courtroom drama has a restless screenplay that holds the audience by the scruff of their conflicted neck to uncover all the messy details as commanding lead Sandra Hüller is put to trial over the mysterious death of her husband

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review – Ambitious adaptation deftly translates book to screen
4th December 2023

The latest and final instalment in The Hunger Games series has just arrived but does it live up to the book?

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Monster review: Powerful identity tale meets bureaucratic comedy | LIFF 2023
3rd December 2023

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film returns again to themes of childhood and family, but this time round does all of its story strands mesh well together?

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Review – An action packed adventure from Aardman Animations | MAF 2023
30th November 2023

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget previewed at Manchester’s Animation Festival for a special Gala screening alongside an exclusive Q&A with Aardman studio

Thanksgiving review: A sumptuous seasonal slasher
29th November 2023

Director Eli Roth serves a fresh take on holiday horror in this long gestated slasher which weaves consumerism and comedy into the mix

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review – Dystopia as a hard-hitting critique of the modern world
28th November 2023

It isn’t what’s on the big screen which makes the most powerful impression; it’s the film’s grim use of dystopia and its trivialisation of political violence

Love Actually’s 20th anniversary: A classic film still capturing the world’s hearts
28th November 2023

Twenty years from its initial release and Hugh Grant’s sneaky feeling still stands as Love Actually is still all around

The Social Network: A cautionary tale of Mark Zuckerberg’s future
24th November 2023

The Social Network’s brilliance in its pre-empting critique of Mark Zuckerberg resurfaces in the wake of David Fincher’s new film The Killer

The Boy and the Heron review: Miyazaki’s failure to retire comes to our delight | MAF 2023
24th November 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

David Fincher’s The Killer and the assassin aesthetic
21st November 2023

David Fincher’s new Netflix thriller puts its killer in a Hawaiian shirt, playing with the history of assassin films and mixing it with his signature style

Foe review: Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in doppelgänger dystopia
15th November 2023

Garth Davis brings to screen Iain Reid’s 2018 sci-fi drama novel with a beautiful but disturbing glimpse of a devastating near-future hypothesis

Last Night in Soho review: Edgar Wright takes audiences back to the Swinging Sixties | FilmFear 2023
14th November 2023

HOME and Film4 bring a weekend of frightful films to a close with Edgar Wright’s glamorous horror, Last Night in Soho