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Awards season means that cinemas are full of prestigious new dramas and weighty biopics. HOME is our pick of Manchester’s venues for those of you keen to catch up with the big films of the year, and we’ve rounded up the titles into a handy guide for you.
Also this month, film programmers Bigger Than Life present the UK’s first retrospective of the films of emerging queer filmmaker, Stephen Cone. Screening at Manchester Met’s Number 70, Oxford Street, this is your chance to see the work one of American independent cinema’s brightest new talents, on the big screen for the first time.
February also brings Valentine’s Day, and as always, the movies make a perfect date. For those of you looking for something a little more upmarket than the local multiplex, The Village Screen present a weekend’s worth of films in Victoria Baths. Decked out as a candle-lit cinema, the Grade-II listed swimming pool is an impressive place to watch a film, and there’ll be street food and booze to help calm any early-romance jitters.
Here are our picks
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1. Film Awards Season at HOME
HOME Film Awards Season at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 1 January–31 March 2019, from £5.50 - Book now
Red carpets, fancy clothes and serious films. HOME present this years awards contenders for your consideration.
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2. Bigger Than Life/ Four Films by Stephen Cone at Number 70, Oxford Street
Wolfe Releasing Bigger Than Life/ Four Films by Stephen Cone at Number 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, 7–28 February 2019, free entry - Visit now
Bigger Than Life and Research in Arts and Humanities at Manchester Met present the first UK retrospective of the films of American independent film director Stephen Cone, at No. 70, Oxford Road this February. Audiences can expect queer-themed films with a focus on community and sexuality, friendship and spirituality.
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3. If Beale Street Could Talk at HOME
HOME If Beale Street Could Talk at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 8–22 February 2019, from £5.50 - Book now
Barry Jenkins follows up his Oscar-winning Moonlight with a ravishing James Baldwin adaptation.
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4. Celebrating Women in Global Cinema at HOME
HOME Celebrating Women in Global Cinema at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 1 January–31 December 2019, from £5.50 - Book now
HOME present a year long programme of films showcasing women working in front and behind the camera.
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5. Valentine’s Cinema at Victoria Baths
Valentine's Cinema at Victoria Baths, Manchester, 15–16 February 2019, from £8 - Book now
The Village Screen honours St. Valentine this February with a weekend-long takeover of Victoria Baths that’s perfect for singles or those of you looking to impress your better halves.
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6. The Final Girls/ We Are The Weirdos 2 at Stockport Plaza
The Final Girls The Final Girls present We Are The Weirdos 2 at Stockport Plaza Cinema, Stockport, 28 February 2019, from £8 - Book now
Grimmfest bring feminist film collective The Final Girls to Stockport for a collection of horror shorts directed by emerging female talent.
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7. Cinema on Sundays: Italian Film Season at Altrincham Little Theatre
Cinema on Sundays: Italian Film Season at Altrincham Little Theatre, 2 September 2018–24 February 2019, from £7 - Visit now
Explore fifty years of Italian cinema history with this curated nine film season at Altrincham Little Theatre.
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8. Burning at HOME
HOME Burning at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 1–21 February 2019, from £5.50 - Book now
Lee Chang-Long’s enigmatic new film slips between genres as it looks at class conflict and contemporary alienation.
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9. Grimmfest’s Zombie Double Bill at Stockport Plaza
Shaun of the Dead Grimmfest's Zombie Double Bill at Stockport Plaza Cinema, Stockport, 20 February 2019, from £10 - Book now
This rom-zom-com double bill at Stockport Plaza showcases talent from both sides of the Atlantic.
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10. Reel Steel Cult Weekender Film Festival at Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield
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Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party at Number 70 Oxford Road
When pastor’s son, Henry Gamble (Cole Doman) invites secular friends and members of his close-knit Evangelical community to celebrate his 17th birthday by the family pool.
On The Basis of Sex at HOME
Inspired by a true story, Mimi Leder’s On The Basis of Sex follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Jones, A Monster Calls) as she teams up with her husband Marty (Hammer, Free Fire) to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination. In the year of the 25th anniversary of Ginsburg’s appointment to the Supreme Court, the film offers hope and inspiration to a new generation.
Capernaum at HOME
Winner of the Jury Award at Cannes, writer-director Nadine Labaki (Caramel) returns with a stunningly realised drama that charts the journey of children on the edges of society who find hope in spite of the challenges of their everyday lives. Featuring a host of astounding performances, this is a powerful and thought-provoking tale of hope.
A Private War at HOME
Rosamund Pike stars as war correspondent Marie Colvin in director Matthew Heineman’s fact-based film that follows Colvin and photojournalist Paul Conroy (Dornan) to the front lines of conflicts around the globe, culminating in a fateful trip to the besieged Syrian city of Homs in 2012.
Funny Girl + Introduction at HOME
This screening will be introduced by film historian Peter Krämer. Peter Krämer is the author or editor of ten books, several of which deal with American cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. His latest book, the edited collection The Hollywood Renaissance (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018), includes a chapter on Barbra Streisand and Funny Girl.
Love and Desire in Palestine + Q&A at HOME
To coincide with month of Valentine’s, Cinema Palestino and Creative Interruptions have curated a programme of three Palestinian films that explore love and desire under conditions of occupation and dispossession.
Princess Cyd (+Skype Q&A) at Number 70, Oxford Road
A queer coming-of-age film set over the course of one hot Chicago summer, the laidback Princess Cyd follows teenager Cydney’s (Jessie Pinnick) extended visit with her novelist aunt, Miranda (Rebecca Spence).
Bigger Than Life/ The Seventh Victim + Introduction at HOME
Film curators Bigger Than Life present a 35mm screening of The Seventh Victim with an introduction by Dr Chloé Germaine Buckley of Manchester Met and Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies.
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Literature
Those darling buds are coming back to life in live literature land as 2019 gets properly underway, and we’ve plenty to look forward to – from performance poetry and soundscapes to readings from magazines, memoirs and award-winning short stories.
Exhibitions
Inspired by the meditative qualities of space and eastern notions of the Void, Kimsooja’s mesmerising installation at YSP’s historic chapel heads our top pick of exhibitions this month.
Tours and Activities
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