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‘Tis the Season for Cheesy Christmas Movies!
The Mancunion have compiled a comprehensive list of the cheesiest movies to watch this Christmas, complete with cheese ratings

Enola Holmes 2 review: Family film misses its mark
The sequel to the much-loved family detective film is back and here’s what The Mancunion have to say about it

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

No Bears review: Panahi’s most powerful film yet
Panahi’s eleventh film explores power and borders with real emotional stakes

Lady Chatterley’s Lover review: Steamy, stylish, and slow
Netflix’s latest adaption of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is steamy, stylish, and slow

“Intimacy coordination was a self-healing journey for me”: Rufai Ajala on Sex Literacy and Safety Onset
In the latest edition of ‘Behind the Camera’, The Mancunion talks to Rufai Ajala about intimacy coordination and their valuable time in the film industry

The Good Nurse: Prioritising patients over personal gain
The Good Nurse takes a sensitive and informative approach towards depicting true, harrowing events

Screaming Queens: representations of trans history
Susan Stryker’s Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria represents the radical potential for trans history narratives in cinema

Glass Onion review: Rian Johnson’s well crafted whodunnit
The sequel to Johnson’s Knives Out murder mystery has finally arrived with Glass Onion and here’s what The Mancunion have to say about it

Bones and All review: A bloody mess
Bones and All has been set up to be a gory revision of Romeo and Juliet fuelled by cannibalistic addiction and love. With a strong cast and alluring cinematography, why did it feel lacklustre?
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She Said review: Exposing Harvey Weinstein
A tense and emotional portrayal of the New York Times investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s allegations that ignited the #MeToo movement

Making sense of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Film discourse tell us of the sexism embedded within the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, but does she have real life implications on young women?

Black Panther Wakanda Forever: A tribute to a beloved actor
Marvel’s latest sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hit the cinemas on November 11 and here’s what we have to say on it

Laura Hilliard Interview: “Storytelling is a noble profession”
Cinematographer and film lecturer at the University of Salford, Laura Hilliard, talks about filmmaking,
cinematography, and the barriers of the film industry

“When I say I’m a virgin, no one believes me”: The Sisterhood of Mustang
Mustang stunningly captures a notion of female unity, it is distinctive in its relevancy to contemporary feminist movements

Aftersun review: A searingly original debut
Charlotte Well’s directorial debut tackles the fallibility of the parent and the limitations of childhood perspective

The Wonder review: Florence Pugh works wonders in gritty period drama
Florence Pugh is miraculous as she tackles faith and science head-on in Sebastian Lelio’s dark Netflix period drama

Keeping it in the family: Hollywood’s Nepotism Babies
Hollywood’s nepotism babies seem to be getting more attention on TikTok than they do on screen, here’s why

The Moon & Back shoots for the stars – and lands among them
Isabel May portrays a teenage girl’s catharsis through filmmaking in The Moon & Back

A film for every course: Interstellar – Physics
How can you put down your textbook, but still get in your astrophysics revision? Watch Interstellar of course!