From plasticine pigs to crime-fighting cats: highlights of the animated short films at Manchester Film Festival.

Ahead of its world premiere at the Manchester Film Festival, Chris Green, director of Manchester filmed and based thriller Synthesized, spoke to us about the film.

Josalynn Smith talks her debut feature Ride or Die, documentaries, the road trip subgenre and queer romance.

A highlight from this year’s Manchester Film Festival, Lady is the debut feature from Samuel Abrahams. Starring Sian Clifford (Fleabag), the film follows a documentary filmmaker who has been employed to document the artistic journey of a deeply eccentric aristocratic woman.

Ahead of its Manchester Premiere at the upcoming Manchester Film Festival, I sat down with Harry Sherriff and Laurence Tratalos, director and writer of Misper – a dark comedy about a missing person and how the employees of a fading seaside hotel are affected by her disappearance

Looking ahead to this weekend’s Oscars, this year’s crop of best picture nominations are a pretty strong bunch. That being said, some are better than others and as always, can be ranked.

All you need to know about the 79th BAFTA awards.

The post-apocalyptic zombie horror film 28 Days Later began a franchise 23 years ago that has recently been revived, but is it worth watching the new releases?

Sam Raimi rediscovers his talent for horror in a survival island nightmare sure to exhilarate

More than fifty years on, are we seeing a cyclical return of cinema viscerally reacting to a confused and exhausted world in turmoil?

My Father’s Shadow is a film that explores love and loss against a period of uncertainty in 90s Nigeria.

Mercy is the latest piece of insufferable, pro-AI messaging, muled through the most ‘January’ movie of the century

No Other Choice is a morbidly comedic depiction of the struggles of unemployment in the modern day.

An interview with the filmmaker ahead of his latest film, Bulk – a strange film that shirks traditional storytelling in many ways

Manchester Film Festival has announced its 2026 line-up, which promises to be the festival’s biggest and best yet since its beginnings in 2015.

In its 23rd year, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is launching its biggest Manchester line-up to date. The festival’s programmer, Junko Takekawa, talked me through the festival’s history and the decisions behind this year’s programme.

Twinless is undoubtedly original but doesn’t quite stick the landing, despite Dylan O’Brien firing on all cylinders

As with every year, no matter what you might think overall, there have been some spectacular films released in 2025. We look back over the year with our writers to let you know what The Mancunion’s best films of 2025 are.

One of the remaining pillars of the pre-streaming film world, Warner Bros., has just been hit with two large bricks by name of Netflix and Paramount-Skydance in a bidding war.

In a year of great films, 2025 also had some truly awful releases. Here are the worst of the worst.