Tom Grieve

Contributing Writer

Written by Tom Grieve

CinemaManchester
Girls on Film – Live Podcast Recording at HOME

The all-female film review podcast Girls On Film was initiated by film journalist Anna Smith in response to calls for more female voices in film criticism. Girls On Film is delighted to launch a series of live podcasts in partnership with HOME across 2019.

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If Beale Street Could Talk at HOME

An adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel about a woman fighting to free her falsely accused husband from prison before the birth of their child, director Barry Jenkins’ follow-up to Moonlight has been described as a plunge into the world of black love, with all the pain and the joy that can go along with it.

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Celebrating Women in Global Cinema at HOME

In 2019 HOME host a year-long programme of films and special events highlighting and celebrating women in film from across the world. From specially curated retrospectives, seasons and special events, to takeovers of annual favourites, this branded series of screenings and events will explore and challenge the place and space of female filmmakers from a variety of cultural, social and political perspectives.

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Out of Blue at HOME

A homicide detective’s (Clarkson) investigation into the shooting of a leading astrophysicist and black-hole expert destabilises her view of the universe and herself, in Carol Morley’s adaptation of Martin Amis’ Night Train.

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Valentine’s Day/ Sightseers at HOME

This pitch black comedy follows loved-up couple, Chris and Tina, as they set off on their first holiday together. Tina is desperate to escape her sheltered life with her meddling mother, and Chris can’t wait to share the delights of a caravanning holiday.

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Burning at HOME

South Korean director Lee Chang Dong delivers a brilliantly executed, abstract but intellectually stimulating portrait of working class frustrations and contemporary alienation.

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