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Manchester Animation Festival: Perfect Blue, HOME, Manchester

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Dec 4, 2022 | Arts, Cinema

The context of this screening at the Manchester Animation Festival, marking the silver anniversary...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Dec 1, 2022 | Arts

At a time when Manchester has been picked as the only UK entry in Lonely Planet’s pop chart...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Dec 1, 2022 | Arts, Cinema

There’s a Freshers’ Week bustle about Manchester’s HOME on a late Monday...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 25, 2022 | Arts, Cinema

The final screening of this year’s rather wonderful Manchester Animation Festival, suitably...

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Nov 21, 2022 | Art, Arts

The 21st century is a mess, a car boot sale of the stylistic bric-a-brac of decades that are no...