Like cinema? How about independent cinema, arthouse flicks and film classics? This is our pick of the best indie and interesting screenings taking place in organisations such as Manchester’s Cornerhouse and FACT over in Liverpool, as well as film festivals, independent venues, pop-up events and arthouse screenings in unusual locations.
As a writer you give your words to someone else and you have to accept that
We talk to writer Matt Greenhalgh about his new Steve Coogan film in the place it all began – Cornerhouse. Like so many good things, the story of the new Steve Coogan/Michael Winterbottom film The…
I want to create something that's new, that’s of Manchester but international
As Cornerhouse and the Library Theatre Company prep for the opening of HOME, we speak to its incoming artistic director. Early next month, Walter Meierjohann arrives in Manchester direct from directing Salieri’s opera Falstaff in…
A bank heist, political moles & a party - the last week of VIVA
Haven’t yet made it to any VIVA screenings? Try our guide to the final week. This year’s VIVA, the 19th Spanish and Latin American film festival, is proving to be its best yet. To help…
Werewolves, folk, and disaffected youth - all here during the first week of the fest
Missed the opening events at VIVA? Fear not, our guide to the coming week will keep you on track. We’re very excited about this year’s VIVA, the 19thSpanish and Latin American film festival that has…
Tragi-comedy, talks, art and civil war - all here during the opening weekend of the fest
VIVA opens this weekend at Cornerhouse. Here’s our selection of what’s on. As you may have noticed, we have a bit of a thing for VIVA, the 19th Spanish and Latin American film festival that…
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The grandiose decay of the Albert Hall forms a scene-stealing backdrop to Barba’s film
Rosa Barba uses Manchester’s derelict Albert Hall as the backdrop to her new film – but is it a case of architecture over art? Pity the poor projector. In most art installations it is hidden…
It was both experiment & figurehead, and a major part of the Capital of Culture bid
With FACT Liverpool turning ten this month, we look back at how far it’s come – & how far it has to go. Ten years ago this month, FACT, the Foundation for Art and Creative…
It’s about breadth, not confirming the stereotype of Spanish-language cinema
Manchester cinema gets a Spanish and Latin American infusion as Viva sets out its cinematic stall. Viva fever hits Manchester again this spring, as the Spanish and Latin American film festival returns to Manchester for…
One of the city’s smallest venues stages a free night of film and music to celebrate a Punk legend. Temporarily dubbed the Voodoo Cinema Lounge for this very special event, Moston Small Cinema burst into…
Classic cinema at Cornerhouse, brought to you with a romantic twist. The cinema is always a popular choice for date night, and this year any film-loving lovers in Manchester should head straight to Cornerhouse. In…
Cumbria’s premiere film festival returns this spring. Think of a film festival and the images that spring to mind might be of glittering Cannes, the indie charms of Sundance or, closer to home, Edinburgh. You’d be…
The BBC’s move North isn’t just good for TV execs; it means we get to sit in judgement on new British sitcoms If there is one thing to take from BBC North’s second Salford Sitcom…
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