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Film Review: Explota explota (My Heart Goes Boom!), ¡Viva! 28th Spanish & Latin American Festival, HOME, Manchester
The anglicised title of Explota explota, a generous-spirited jukebox musical about Francoist Spain and dancing, is an irresistible invitation to declare, almost without shame, that the ¡Viva! 28th Spanish & Latin American Festival at Manchester’s HOME opens with a bang. Or should that be a ‘pop’?
Read the full story..“An enduring and unique legacy.” Jason Wood writes about Derek Jarman ahead of a retrospective at Manchester’s HOME
Jarman at HOME is part of a collaboration with Manchester Art Gallery and its Protest! exhibition. Ahead of launch at the end of January, Jason Wood, artistic director: film & culture at HOME (soon to be executive director public programmes and audiences at the BFI), writes for Northern Soul about the extraordinary legacy of Derek Jarman.
Read the full story..Into the Unknown: Nigel Kneale at HOME
It’s often remarked that we’re living in a golden age of television, one where the intermingling of the TV and film industries is widespread and fruitful.
Read the full story..“My films are like my kids.” Acclaimed film-maker Mike Leigh talks to Northern Soul
Much garlanded and Salford-raised film-maker Mike Leigh, now 78, is speaking to Northern Soul at HOME in Manchester on the occasion of a new touring retrospective of his work.
Read the full story..Preview: Doc ‘n Roll Film Festival, Manchester
For many of us, the past 18 months have made it crystal clear exactly how cherishable popular arts such as music and cinema can be, even if we’ve been experiencing them in isolation rather than with an audience.
Read the full story..Film Review: The Sparks Brothers
We seem to be living at the tail end of a golden age for the music documentary.
Read the full story..“I just wish I could have gone for a drink with her.” Anna Cale, author of The Real Diana Dors
There was a time, as Peter Cook once joked, When Diana Dors Ruled the Earth.
Read the full story..“People don’t want to hear me, they want to hear the filmmaker.” Jason Wood talks about The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema
Back in the early 2000s, Mexican cinema was riding a wave with films such as Amores Perros and Y tu mamá también impressing audiences and critics alike.
Read the full story..Film Review: Pieces of a Woman
From the outset, Pieces of a Woman doesn’t hold back.
Read the full story..Film Review: Malcolm and Marie
In a time where filmmaking seems impossible, director Sam Levinson can’t resist the urge to keep us entertained.
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