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Review: PLY’s Summer Cocktails

Review: PLY’s Summer Cocktails

Coffee and T is stuff of the Gods

MIF19: Tree

MIF19: Tree

Jay Darcy reviews Idris Elba’s latest play, Tree, as part of the Manchester International Festival which was embroiled in controversy just before opening

Review: El Camino at The Cotton Factory, Whitworth Locke

Review: El Camino at The Cotton Factory, Whitworth Locke

El Camino is new, in a good location, relatively cheap, and not without its faults

Live Review: Lizzo

Live Review: Lizzo

Photographer and contributor Olivia Blinn reviews Lizzo’s highly anticipated, sold-out show at Manchester’s O2 Ritz

Sundance London 2019: The Nightingale

Sundance London 2019: The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent leaps over the dreaded “sophomore slump” in her highly-anticipated brutal tale of revenge, Tobias Soar writes

Sundance London 2019: Corporate Animals

Sundance London 2019: Corporate Animals

Tobias Soar — Despite its underwhelming visual presentation, Corporate Animals is a hilarious dark comedy which might make you squirm in your seat

Sundance London 2019: Apollo 11

Sundance London 2019: Apollo 11

An audiovisual spectacle to behold, Apollo 11 is a documentary like no other, writes film editor Tobias Soar from Sundance London

Review: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Manchester Classic Films)

Review: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Manchester Classic Films)

Sergio Leone’s 1968 spaghetti-western is a rough gem that hasn’t lost its charm

Breakfast brilliance: Dishoom reviewed

Breakfast brilliance: Dishoom reviewed

Dishoom does brilliant breakfasts – go on, treat yourself

Review: Thunder Road + Q&A

Review: Thunder Road + Q&A

Thunder Road is a captivating must-see, wild journey through the grief riddled unravelling of a police officer’s life

Review: Grimmfest “Alien Invasion” Double Bill

Review: Grimmfest “Alien Invasion” Double Bill

The Grimmfest crew paid homage to two of the best alien invasion films at the Plaza, Stockport

Review: Dumbo

Review: Dumbo

Tim Burton and Disney team up to bring another animated classic to life in live action, with mixed results of solid moments and missed opportunities

Review: Us

Review: Us

If one word could describe Peele’s impeccable second venture into the cinematic world of horror, it’s clever, writes Tobias Soar

Review: Border

Review: Border

The new film from Ali Abassi is expertly crafted and a detailed deep dive into complex questions of the modern world, fronted by fantastic performances

Review: Wild Rose

Review: Wild Rose

The film has a huge amount of heart from the two leading actresses

Review: Mid90s

Review: Mid90s

Jonah Hill’s directoral debut is a heartfelt and raw coming-of-age movie that takes an honest, and reflective look back at what it’s like to be a teenager

Abigail’s Party Review

Abigail’s Party Review

Jess Johnstone reviews Sarah Esdaile’s touring production of Mike Leigh’s 1977 classic suburban tragi-comedy Abigail’s Party

Review: The Binary Exhibition

Review: The Binary Exhibition

Eleonore Meningaud reviews ‘The Binary Exhibition’, a show at Partisan Collective which aimed to underline the duality of the subject through language, dialect, and how we are often torn between the sight of two realities

Review: The Haunting of Sharon Tate

Review: The Haunting of Sharon Tate

A story that follows the three days leading up to the murder by the Manson family, The Haunting of Sharon Tate fails to deliver the thrills it promises, writes Madeleine Peden

Live Review: Cherry Glazerr

Live Review: Cherry Glazerr

Despite an underwhelming crowd reaction, grungy rock trio LA band Cherry Glazerr performed an energetic set full of cool visuals and a mixture of their new album and more well-known songs