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. “What I do, and have done over the years, it’s...
Read MoreWe seem to be living at the tail end of a golden age for the music documentary. For a while there you couldn’t move for the blighters, some of which were genuinely impressive. But now that BBC Four no longer has the budget...
Read MoreThere was a time, as Peter Cook once joked, When Diana Dors Ruled the Earth. It’s a neat gag, but it’s also pretty telling. Swindon-born actor-cum-bombshell Dors had indeed loomed large in her heyday but, by the 70s,...
Read MoreAt Manchester Collective, our work used to be about travelling around the country and performing live concerts to a large number of people packed into relatively small spaces. Like most performing arts organisations, we have had...
Read MoreFrom the outset, Pieces of a Woman doesn’t hold back. The latest Netflix awards hopeful, directed by Kornél Mundruczó and scripted by his wife Kata Wéber, focuses on a couple, Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia...
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