Film Archive
11th May 2017
Review: Boss Baby
Maybe if I put a baby in a suit here you won’t notice the lack of a headline
10th May 2017
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Who needs a headline, just listen to an 80s song instead
24th April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival 2017 Short Interview: Hope
James Gill explores the development process of Adam A. Losurdo’s innovative zombie film
24th April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival 2017 Short Interview: Ascension
Rajnish Sharma on his post-apocalyptic short film
24th April 2017
Lift-Off 2017: In Conversation with Nicholas Connor
James Gill Interviews the Northern Lights Director
21st April 2017
Review: Raw
Raw delves into the complexity of the human psyche whilst transgressing the boundaries of genre
21st April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival 2017 Documentary Interviews: Cabby and The Botanist
The Mancunion speaks to directors Maude Plante-Husaruk and Daniel Watts about their films which featured at the Manchester Lift-Off Festival 2017
21st April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival 2017 Short Interview: Found
An interview with Richard Hughes, director of Found
20th April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival – Day 2 Shorts, Part 1
James Gill outlines one half of the short film selection for the second day of the Lift-Off Film Festival
20th April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival – Day 3 Shorts Part 1
James Gill reviews five shorts from the final day of the Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival
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20th April 2017
Lift-Off Film Festival 2017 Review: Northern Lights
17 year old Nicholas Connor debut feature film
20th April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival 2017- Day 1 Shorts, Part 2
Eloïse Wright covers The Last Laugh, The Track, Faustine, The Wolves Beyond the Timber and Retriever from the Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival
20th April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival 2017- Day 2 Shorts, Part 2
Eloïse Wright covers five of the short films from the second day of the Manchester Lift-Off Festival
20th April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival 2017- Day 3 Shorts Part 2
Eloïse Wright covers five of the the shorts from day 3 of the Manchester Lift-Off Festival
20th April 2017
Lift-Off film festival 2017 review: Where The Windmills Are
Where The Windmills Are was the third and final feature film shown at the Lift-Off film festival in March 2017, and was very popular amongst the audience at Texture in Manchester’s Northern Quarter
19th April 2017
Lift-Off Film Festival 2017 Review: Busking Turf Wars
First-time director Peter Trifunovic hits gold with busking mockumentary
19th April 2017
Review: See No Evil — The Moors Murders
A sensitive but profound look at the horrific real-life Moors Murderers
17th April 2017
Review: A Silent Voice
A Silent Voice is a captivating and sensitive insight into the effect of high school bullying on individuals, writes Andrew Wong
16th April 2017
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival – Day One Shorts, Part One
James Gill covers the first set of short films from the Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival
28th March 2017
Review: Creedmoria
Unconventional coming-of-age tale Creedmoria is James Gill’s pick for first prize film at MANIFF 2017