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Love Lies Bleeding review: “Don’t ever fall in love, okay?” | MFF 2024

Love Lies Bleeding review: “Don’t ever fall in love, okay?” | MFF 2024

Rose Glass proves falling in love is no easy feat in her vicious, sapphic crime thriller.
Queen of Bones review: Folk tale falls flat in Martin Freeman drama | MFF 2024

Queen of Bones review: Folk tale falls flat in Martin Freeman drama | MFF 2024

Witch potions, dramatic wind and a religious Martin Freeman can’t save this generic Great Depression era folk tale.
Unicorns review: A colourful portrayal of the queer South Asian community | MFF 2024

Unicorns review: A colourful portrayal of the queer South Asian community | MFF 2024

Take a journey into the queer South Asian underground with MFF’s indie drama about identity and discovery.
The Sweet East review: Surreal coming-of-age in the Wonderland of Politics | MFF 2024

The Sweet East review: Surreal coming-of-age in the Wonderland of Politics | MFF 2024

Follow Talia Ryder down the rabbit hole of politics in one of Manchester Film Festival’s most hyped titles
Do You Love Me? review: Beautiful cinematography makes up for a lacking script | MFF 2024

Do You Love Me? review: Beautiful cinematography makes up for a lacking script | MFF 2024

Do You Love Me? is a tender exploration of personal love and loss at the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Preview: Manchester Film Festival returns to the Great Northern | MFF 2024

Preview: Manchester Film Festival returns to the Great Northern | MFF 2024

Manchester Film Festival returns once again to the Odeon Great Northern, this time they’re celebrating 10 years of introducing cutting-edge cinema to the city’s audience
A Month in Film: Our editor’s top picks

A Month in Film: Our editor’s top picks

Lacking that fix of cinema? Here’s a cohesive list of the most exciting things going on in Manchester and across the film world for the next month
KINOFILM 2021: Women in Film Selection – Short Films Fall Short

KINOFILM 2021: Women in Film Selection – Short Films Fall Short

Ella Robinson reviews the ‘Women in Film’ collection shown as part of Kinofilm festival at Chapeltown picture house

The Exciting World of Mancunion Film!

Known for its exciting and edgy art scene, The Mancunion introduces you to Manchester’s cinematic history.
MANIFF 2021: The Great Circus

MANIFF 2021: The Great Circus

Lauryn Berry reviews The Great Circus documentary, which follows a circus company in its preparations for a new show
Manchester International Film Festival 2021: Preview

Manchester International Film Festival 2021: Preview

Manchester International Film Festival comes back in 2021 with a new selection of world and UK premieres.
MANIFF 2020: Loop

MANIFF 2020: Loop

Loop is an unoriginal take on time travel films and is better suited to the teenage audience of streaming services than film festivals, writes Michal Wasilewski
MANIFF 2020: Short Film Session 2

MANIFF 2020: Short Film Session 2

Manchester Film Festival 2020’s Narrative Shorts 2 were political, satirical and, at times, heartwarming, writes Harley Weng U Pun
MANIFF 2020: Before the Fire

MANIFF 2020: Before the Fire

Although Charlie Buhler’s pandemic-based Before the Fire may seem perfectly timed, it fails to recreate even a bad apocalypse film, writes Michal Wasilewski.
MANIFF 2019: Short Film Session 8

MANIFF 2019: Short Film Session 8

Jack Greeney reviews eight of MANIFF 2019’s finest short films
MANIFF 2019: Isabelle

MANIFF 2019: Isabelle

A sluggish and derivative possession-horror that’s only amusing so as to think of better films it steals from which you could be watching instead.
MANIFF 2019: The Runaways

MANIFF 2019: The Runaways

The Runaways tells the story of three siblings from Whitby, on the run with two donkeys.
Highlights from MANIFF 2018

Highlights from MANIFF 2018

Top picks from this years Manchester International Film Festival

Review: Hunter Gatherer

An understated comedy about finding happiness in the simpler things

MANIFF 2017: Public Intimacy and Railment

Mritunjay Sharma reviews Public Intimacy and Railment, both shown at the Manchester Film Festival 2017