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Interview with Josalynn Smith on her thrilling debut, Ride or Die @ Manchester Film Festival 2026

Interview with Josalynn Smith on her thrilling debut, Ride or Die @ Manchester Film Festival 2026

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

Interview: Lady director Samuel Abrahams on Art, Mockumentary and his new film at Manchester Film Festival 2026

Interview: Lady director Samuel Abrahams on Art, Mockumentary and his new film at Manchester Film Festival 2026

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.

Cal Freeman: My experience as a Queer Irish filmmaker

Cal Freeman: My experience as a Queer Irish filmmaker

We talk to Manchester-based Cal Freeman about his experience as a Queer filmmaker, the projects he’s undertaken, and advice for aspiring filmmakers

Why The Prestige is Nolan’s most definitive film

Why The Prestige is Nolan’s most definitive film

The Prestige may be the key to understanding Nolan’s filmmaking

Review: Little Women

Review: Little Women

I was sad to leave that marvellous world I had been transported to for two hours – That is the sign of truly impeccable cinema, writes William Johnston

Berkoff’s EAST at Fringe: An Interview with Director Rosie Thackeray

Berkoff’s EAST at Fringe: An Interview with Director Rosie Thackeray

Anuli Changa talks to director Rosie Thackeray about what East means to her and the process of preparing to take the play to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019

Sundance London 2019: In Conversation with John Cooper and David Courier

Sundance London 2019: In Conversation with John Cooper and David Courier

Director of Sundance John Cooper and Director of Programming David Courier sit down to chat organising festivals, the wonders of streaming services, and their favourite films of Sundance London 2019 with film editor Tobias Soar

Feature: Interview with filmmaker Josh Appignanesi

The New Man is now available in cinemas and on iTunes

University IT Director resigns soon after outsourcing conflicts

Less than a month ago, IT workers were informed that the structural shakeup of the department was being put on hold

Finally we flip the lens: The dethroning of Alfred Hitchcock

Jessie Cohen analyses the current obsession with getting to know the man behind the master of suspense

Woody Allen: the most charming egoist in modern cinema

Jessie Cohen on egos, gender and what’s next for the movie-making wonder