This Palme D’or winning courtroom drama has a restless screenplay that holds the audience by the scruff of their conflicted neck to uncover all the messy details as commanding lead Sandra Hüller is put to trial over the mysterious death of her husband

Leaves of Glass pulls back the curtain of the ‘ordinary’ family, exposing a mosaic of memory, manipulation, and heartbreak. This drama is a domestic archaeology, digging deep into the layers of past trauma and guilt.

The Crucible is a must-see morality play bolstered by superb performances and a fresh take on a modern classic

A Good Person offers a compelling meditation on grief, anchored by Florence Pugh’s lead performance and moving acting abilities.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a frustrating theatre-going experience which takes big swings but, more often than not, misses its mark

New TV series So Help Me Todd skilfully blends situational comedy with procedural drama

The Mancunion has five of the best LGBTQIA+ television shows that you can binge this LGBTQIA+ History Month!

Triumphs and Falls, which was unconventionally performed at Retro, is a strong, complex and relevant play made for a student audience

Tiramisu, which was performed at the University of Manchester SU, is an excellently existential adaptation of Annie Baker’s The Antipodes

“Sadistic and wicked” or “humanising”?

FX’s show about beef sandwiches captures the symphony of a chaotic kitchen with enough razor-edged tension to ware you down to the bone

A student stuck in a toxic relationship needs out, but can’t seem to stay single for long. Can Aunt Angela help them dump their ex guilt free?

Viva 2022: A well worked and intimate human drama about how we connect, and at times disconnect, from the strangers around us

For our next Golden Oldies, Tilly Price writes about her favourite period drama, Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon.

Is your boyfriend bad in bed? Friendship group getting messy? Questioning your life choices? Well, as your new Agony Aunt Angela, my words of wisdom will guide you to the right path.

From hopefully heart-warming to richly painted scenes of grief and loss, Celine Sciamma’s new film is one of 2021’s best.

Snabba Cash, Netflix’s latest adaptation of Jens Lapidus’s famous trilogy, is a thrilling portrayal of Stockholm’s underworld

Netflix’s new show strings along a series of secrets that makes for one of 2021’s first must-watch series

Channel 4’s newest series, It’s a Sin, is a compelling portrait of 1980s gay youth, sexual freedom and the beginnings of HIV epidemic