Revisiting Scorsese’s Marvel soapbox
As The Wolf of Wall Street turns ten and Killers of the Flower Moon hits cinemas, The Mancunion reflects on Scorsese’s reluctant debt to spectacle
Preview: Manchester Animation Festival | MAF 2023
Manchester Animation Festival is back at HOME cinema with everything from the long-awaited Chicken Run sequel to Lego stop motion workshops
Preview: Leeds International Film Festival | LIFF 2023
Manchester’s little brother in the North Leeds is home to one of the UK’s largest film festivals with its latest edition spanning over two weeks this November
SCALA!!! review: A cinema that “changed lives and blew minds” | FilmFear 2023
FilmFear in collaboration with Manchester’s HOME cinema presents SCALA!!!, a vibrant documentary centred around the legendary London cinema
Oppenheimer reflections: The most ambitious biopic to date
The Mancunion reflect on the successes and flaws of one of the most critically acclaimed but divisive films of the year
Sitting in Bars with Cake review: A bitter-sweet surprise
Amazon Prime’s new film will entice you with romance and cake but its poignant reflections on life will make you stay
The Exorcist: Believer review – A goofy attempt to reboot a terrifying classic
After his Halloween Trilogy, David Gordon Green returns to reboot another classic horror, unfortunately, the result leaves a sour taste
Scorsese’s Shutter Island: Unforgiven and beyond redemption
In light of Scorsese’s recent comments, we go back to reexamine the mixed messaging of one of the director’s messier efforts
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour review – A celebration of all things Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s latest concert film brings collective joy amongst her fans as she performs her biggest hits for three whole hours
10 things I hate about Tinder: Why watching rom-coms is so cathartic in the midst of romantic turmoil
From When Harry Met Sally to Richard Curtis, comfort and catharsis are at the heart of the rom-com genre
Preview: Manchester’s Festival of Fantastic Films
Manchester’s unique celebration of horror and genre film returns with a fascinating mix of archive classics and new international shorts.
Saw X review: Sympathy for the Devil
The bi-annual gore carnival is back in town, and this time it’s personal. Saw’s newest offering shows us its heart…and what the inside of a human brain looks like
Stop Making Sense: Talking Heads still burning down the house four decades later
Talking Heads’ legendary concert film Stop Making Sense has been restored and rereleased, filling cinema screens with the height of the band’s stardom
An evening with Rough C.U.T.S’ unconventional double bills featuring Boys in Peaches…
The Mancunion attend a double bill screening of Call Me by Your Name and James and the Giant Peach as part of Rough C.U.T.S’ summer 2023 film programme
How to Have Sex review: A sobering story of Brits abroad | LFF 2023
Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature focusing on three teen girls on holiday solidifies its place in important contemporary British cinema
Hoard review: Social realism meets gross-out horror in bold British debut | LFF 2023
Luna Carmoon’s striking British debut traverses genres as it explores grief and family ties
Killers of the Flower Moon review: Scorsese shines with western epic | LFF 2023
Rewriting the language of the Western, Scorsese’s latest film demands to be seen as it tells the forgotten story of the Osage murders
May December review: Hazy morality and melodrama become gripping cinema | LFF 2023
Complex morality and comedic melodrama collide in Todd Hayne’s study of sexual assault and the tabloid media
Saltburn review: LFF opens to a bang with maximalist class thriller | LFF 2023
Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature tackles class and privilege in a bold maximalist vision for LFF’s opening night film
Rotting in the Sun review: Sun, sex, and senseless protagonists
Rotting in the Sun’s satirical stance on human melancholy is an acquired taste but one that is completely unrestrained and wild