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My Father’s Shadow review: A heartfelt journey through 1990s Lagos

My Father’s Shadow review: A heartfelt journey through 1990s Lagos

My Father’s Shadow is a film that explores love and loss against a period of uncertainty in 90s Nigeria.
No Other Choice review: Would you kill for a job?

No Other Choice review: Would you kill for a job?

No Other Choice is a morbidly comedic depiction of the struggles of unemployment in the modern day.
Love, regret and humanity: The Last Blossom explores the lot at Manchester Animation Festival 2025

Love, regret and humanity: The Last Blossom explores the lot at Manchester Animation Festival 2025

The Last Blossom is an intensely human film which reflects on the meaningful moments of a man’s life.
I Am Frankelda review: what it misses in writing, it gains in aesthetics at Manchester Animation Festival 2025

I Am Frankelda review: what it misses in writing, it gains in aesthetics at Manchester Animation Festival 2025

I Am Frankelda offers a bold concept but does not manage to achieve enough substance.
Pure storytelling perfection takes the form of Arco at Manchester Animation Festival 2025

Pure storytelling perfection takes the form of Arco at Manchester Animation Festival 2025

A favourite for an Oscar, Arco – a unique, heart-wrenching, powerful story – is completely justified in its critical acclaim.
Bugonia and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory

Bugonia and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory

Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest installation explores how isolation breeds belief in the imaginary, and how this resonates with our current political climate.
Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere delivers a quiet search for self

Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere delivers a quiet search for self

A profound portrayal of the person behind the icon, exploring isolation, struggle, and the search for direction.
Happyend: the feel-good dystopian film of the year

Happyend: the feel-good dystopian film of the year

A heartfelt Japanese goodbye to youth and praise of rebellious energy and friendship
Barry Lyndon at 50: Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece hits a milestone

Barry Lyndon at 50: Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece hits a milestone

With the term ‘masterpiece’ thrown around far too often in the modern cinematic world, Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon prevails as the very definition of this lauded term
The highs and lows of music biopics ranked

The highs and lows of music biopics ranked

With the recent releases of A Complete Unknown and Better Man, where do these new titles stand next to some of the best and worst biopics?
Nosferatu review: Eggers’ gothic remake is delightfully horrible

Nosferatu review: Eggers’ gothic remake is delightfully horrible

Robert Eggers’ remake of the horror classic film Nosferatu is a sumptuously gothic treat that inherits much from its vampiric ancestors
Heretic: A distinctive step forward in the horror genre

Heretic: A distinctive step forward in the horror genre

Heretic serves as a new subversion to the horror genre, utilising a Mormon story to convey a darker, and more sinister truth
Gladiator II: A triumphant return that confronts Rome’s legacy

Gladiator II: A triumphant return that confronts Rome’s legacy

Ridley Scott delivers yet another Roman masterpiece with Gladiator II
A Different Man review: A thought-provoking exploration of identity and self-worth

A Different Man review: A thought-provoking exploration of identity and self-worth

Aaron Schimberg’s dark comedy challenges perception of beauty and confronts subconscious and societal ableism
Megalopolis review: A wonderfully strange mess

Megalopolis review: A wonderfully strange mess

Francis Ford Coppola’s return to the big screen is a catastrophe, but it is a uniquely enjoyable catastrophe
Eyes Wide Shut 25 years on: A feast for the eyes, a nightmare for the mind

Eyes Wide Shut 25 years on: A feast for the eyes, a nightmare for the mind

As part of Cultplex’s on-going Movie Church series, fans of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut celebrate his beautifully nightmare-ish film 25 years on
Wicked Little Letters review: Profanity and mystery in 1920s England

Wicked Little Letters review: Profanity and mystery in 1920s England

Come for the endless profanity but stay for Olivia Colman in this new comedy set in 1920s England
Dune: Part Two review – An instant modern sci-fi classic

Dune: Part Two review – An instant modern sci-fi classic

Dune: Part Two is cemented as a newfound cultural phenomenon as Denis Villeneuve just delivered the best film of 2024
Do Unto Others review: A harrowing look into the unjust world of elderly care

Do Unto Others review: A harrowing look into the unjust world of elderly care

A dissection of the choices we make and the motives behind them, Tetsu Maeda’s film analyses the state of elderly care in Japan through a whodunit thriller
Oppenheimer reflections: The most ambitious biopic to date

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