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MANIFF 2019: VENENO, Primera Caída: el Relámpago de Jack
18th March 2019

The tale of the Dominican Republic’s most famous wrestling duo is shown to the world through a magic realist lens

Review: Ringu (20th Anniversary Screening)
18th March 2019

Twenty years onward, Hideo Nakada’s iconic existential video horror remains just as powerful, substantive and terrifying as ever

Review: The Kid Who Would Be King
18th March 2019

What would happen if an ordinary kid lifted Excalibur from the stone?

MANIFF 2019: Public Figure
14th March 2019

Brian Corso’s directorial debut Public Figure is a visually stylish and extremely nuanced look at the public’s growing obsession with social media

MANIFF 2019: The Evolution of Testicles VR
14th March 2019

Luca Mariani reviews The Evolution of Testicles, which focuses on the awkwardness of self examination to help in the fight against testicular cancer

Review: Capernaum
13th March 2019

Nadine Labako has delivered an Oscar nominated gem of a film which holds all power to account with a deeply emotional story, writes Carl Fitzgerald

MANIFF: A Great Day in Paris
13th March 2019

A Great Day in Paris follows American jazz musicians living in Paris, of which around 70 gathered in Montmartre for a commemorative photograph in 2008.

13th March 2019

Stray is a bleak story of two broken people, who meet each other at exactly the time where they needed each other the most.

MANIFF 2019: Awards Ceremony
13th March 2019

Erin Mckay – The awards ceremony came on the final day of the Manchester Film Festival, where film makers and actors came together to celebrate their love of independent film.

MANIFF 2019: Isabelle
13th March 2019

A sluggish and derivative possession-horror that’s only amusing so as to think of better films it steals from which you could be watching instead.

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MANIFF 2019: Meeting Gorbachev
13th March 2019

Erin McKay – Werner Herzog explores the rise and fall of the eighth and final Premier of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev.

Opinion: the 2019 Academy Awards in review
8th March 2019

After waves of bad publicity that suggested the 2019 Academy Awards could be the worst in years, it ended up being a mixed bag

MANIFF 2019: Heartless Angler
8th March 2019

This original language Japanese short film is a triumph. In less than 15 minutes it creates a depth to the characters that even full-length feature films struggle to do.

MANIFF 2019: Hotel Mumbai
8th March 2019

The MANIFF opener is a naturalistic and tense depiction of the horrific incidents of 2008 in Mumbai, but with characters lacking in pathos.

Celebrating Women in Global Cinema Interview: Rachel Hayward
8th March 2019

Writer Josh Sandy had the opportunity to discuss HOME’s current year-long ‘Celebrating Women in Global Cinema’ programme, which is co-curated with Andy Willis.

Déjà-Review: Alien
8th March 2019

Alien has thrilled audiences for 40 years and is a testament to challenging the status quo and achieving brilliance even with limited resources.

Déjà-Review: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
7th March 2019

Ellie Martin takes a sweet trip down memory lane and revisits the classic, if slightly unsettling, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Review: Fighting With my Family
7th March 2019

Stephen Merchant’s dramedy about a Norwich born WWE superstar succeeds through its wholesome heart and a fantastic lead performance from Florence Pugh

Review: The Italian Job in Concert
7th March 2019

The Quincy Jones-composed soundtrack came to life at the gorgeous Bridgewater Hall with an accompanying live orchestra for the perfect fan experience

Review: This Time with Alan Partridge
7th March 2019

It’s been twenty years since he starred in his own programme and Alan Partridge is finally back the BBC in new six-part series This Time with Alan Partridge.