Film Archive

MANIFF 2019: VENENO, Primera Caída: el Relámpago de Jack
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)
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
What would happen if an ordinary kid lifted Excalibur from the stone?

MANIFF 2019: Public Figure
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
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
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
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.
MANIFF 2019: Stray
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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.