Grimm Up North have announced a ghostly Bill Murray Christmas Double Bill in the haunted Ordsall Hall on 10 December. The Christmas screening will feature the ghostly comibation of Murray’s turn as Peter Venkman in the ectoplasm covered riot GHOST BUSTERS and SCROOGED, the modern retelling (for the 80’s, at least) of the Dicken’s classic…
Home is set to host an exhibition of new commissions and existing works inspired by the movie Safe. Set in 1987, Safe stars Julianne Moore as Carol White, a housewife in the San Fernando Valley, and explores her slow decline as she becomes increasingly allergic to everyday domestic products and routine activities, eventually moving to an…
Manchester’s annual Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, Viva!, is set to compete it’s three-part 2015 run in early November with a specially curated programme featuring the best in new Spanish cinema. The third (long) weekend of movies takes place at Home from Thursday 5 November until Monday 9 November, and features two UK premiers,…
Double session run in association with Gothic Manchester Festival Grimm Up North are set to present two classic Lovecraft movies at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Geoffrey manton Building. HP Lovecraft inspired generations of literary greats with his text, but his inspiration of 80’s horror films isn’t to be overlooked, and Grimm Up North are celebrating with…
Home has announced that it is to host an exhibition of new commissions and existing works inspired by the movie Safe. Set in 1987, Safe stars Julianne Moore as Carol White, a housewife in the San Fernando Valley, and explores her slow decline as she becomes increasingly allergic to everyday domestic products and routine activities,…
Mercury nominated GoGo Penguin to feature in new season of live-scores and movies Home have announced two evenings of film and music for 9 and 10 October as a part of their diverse season of new commissions pairing musicians with original live-scores and the magic of the big screen. The announcement has revealed that Mercury-nominated…
Presented in association with the Sexuality Summer School at the University of Manchester and Manchester Pride, Home is due to host POUTfest 2015. Peccadillo Pictures’ POUTfest showcases a selection of LGBTQ films and accompanying Q&A sessions and talks. We take a look at the films which will be featured: 52 TUESDAYS Dir. Sophie Hyde, Writer….
Grimmfest have announced a Halloween takeover as part of the BFI UK-wide season ‘Days of Fear and Wonder’ and the Manchester Science Festival, which will see them presenting three iconic science fiction double bills by three of the most famed directors of the genre – Terry Gilliam, Paul Verhoeven and Ridley Scott. The event will…
Manchester’s Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama is set to run an evening of traditional Japanese silent films accompanied by ‘benshi’ (narrators). The concept is a throwback to classic 1920s silent movies in Japan which were accompanied by narrators (Katsudo benshi) who were, in effect, the stars of the movie, appearing live to accompany…
As Grimmfest 2014 launches, we chat to Jessica Jane Stafford, who steals the show in the Grimmfest lead-up World Première Devil’s Tower.
