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Review: Patti Cake$

8 Mile meets Hairspray in this unashamed ode to rap

The creative space: Subterranean Thoughts with Tom Roberts

September creative space winner Tom Roberts, working on the new film ‘Subterranean Thoughts’ talks to Ellie Tivey about creating “micro-budget” films, university experience and breaking into the industry

Feature: A Bigger Splash

Luca Guadagnino’s sensuous. suspenseful human drama owes a debt to David Hockney

Review: God’s Own Country

A staggeringly poetic debut feature film by director Francis Lee, speaks volumes of the intertwining nature of ferocity, kindness, and love

Review: Victoria and Abdul

Even Dame Judi can’t save this Royalist fantasy of exotic servant-hood

Review: The Hitman’s Bodyguard

Patrick Hughes reaches the low expectations we had for his film and keeps falling

Review: IT

IT is one of the new “action-horror” hybrids to join the genre

HOME’s Playback exhibition showcases new film talent

Up and coming young filmmakers screen short-film masterpieces as part of a project to encourage youth access to the most exclusive field in modern media

Review: Game of Thrones – The Spoils of War

The biggest battle in Game of Thrones history

Review: The Emoji Movie

#truth

Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming

By far the most inconsequential Marvel movie yet

Review: Baby Driver

An exhilarating ride with a fantastic soundtrack to match

Review: My Life as a Courgette

Eloise Wright shares her thoughts on the French stop motion

Interview: Chadden Hunter

Science & Technology Editor, Georgie Hines, sits down with Planet Earth II producer Chadden Hunter to discuss conservation, the challenges of nature filmmaking, and what’s in store next

Review: Boss Baby

Maybe if I put a baby in a suit here you won’t notice the lack of a headline

Review: Personal Shopper

Cassie Hyde praises Kristen Stewart in her latest endeavour

Review: The Salesman

Georgie Welch reviews Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar winning drama

Review: Josephine Doe

James Gill’s thoughts on the films UK premier at MANIFF 2017

Review: Across the River

The world premier of Warren Malone’s tale set in London

University of Manchester student premieres film at HOME

Christopher Murray sits down with The Mancunion to unpack his second feature length film, El Cristo Ciego (The Blind Christ)