Blackpool
HIVE Blackpool
HIVE is an independent artisan quality coffee shop with its own art gallery, whose ‘GuggenHive’ wall gives a leg-up to emerging artists.
Written by Tom Grieve
Blackpool
The Cottage, Blackpool
Built in 1856, The Cottage has been Blackpool’s most famous fish and chip shop since 1920. With an easy order button on the website, you can either collect, or if you’re a resident in certain postcodes they are offering a delivery service.
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BFI & ICA: The World of Wong Kar Wai
One of the defining figures of Hong Kong cool, filmmaker Wong Kar Wai gets the retrospective treatment courtesy of the BFI and the ICA this February.
From £8
Make A Scene Valentine’s Special: Titanic
Make a Scene in your own home this Valentine’s, as Manchester’s most outlandish film club returns with a Titanic watch-a-long.
From £7
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BFI Future Film Festival 2021
This February, the BFI Future Film Festival arrives with a free programme of short films and online events streaming for free via BFI Player.
Free entry
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One Night in Miami – Streaming on Amazon Prime Video
One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.
From £7.99
MLK/FBI Film Screening and Q&A
To mark the release of MLK/FBI HOME have teamed up with Dogwoof Films to present a special one-off Q&A with director Sam Pollard, hosted by We Are Parable’s Anthony Andrews.
From £9.99
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Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets – Streaming on Curzon Home Cinema
It’s the final night for Las Vegas dive bar The Roaring 20s, in Bill and Turner Ross’ extraordinary hybrid docu-fiction film Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets.
From £9.99
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Babyteeth – Streaming on Netflix
Babyteeth, the debut feature from Australian director Shannon Murphy, balances heartbreak and humour, with a little grit, as it depicts one teenager’s struggle with cancer.
From £9.4
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Parasite – Streaming on Amazon Prime
Bong Joon-ho’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winning thriller finally hits UK cinema screens this February following months of awards, nominations and critical adulation.
Free entry
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It’s a Wonderful Life – Streaming on Amazon Prime
The ultimate festive favourite from Oscar-winning director Frank Capra, stars James Stewart as despairing businessmen George Bailey.
From £1.99
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African Apocalypse – Streaming on BFI Player
When British-Nigerian poet and activist Femi Nylander discovered Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, the novel that Barack Obama claims helped him understand why ‘white people are afraid’, he was immediately drawn to understanding this distorted vision of Africa.
From £10