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New releases this week are Cannes 2017 winner Jeune Femme; Revenge a gruesome and stylishly shot thriller; Filmworker,the story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick’s devoted right-hand man, and lastly the impressive psychological thriller Allure.

One-off’s this week come from our new season Uprising: Spirit of 68, a celebration of the art of cultural and political resistance on screen; and a screening of 2017 Oscar-winning film Moonlight followed by a post-show discussion as part of the University of Manchester’s Sexuality Summer School. Also kicking off this week is Doc ‘n Roll Film Fest, screening some of the best music documentaries covering all genres.

The Young Karl Marx, Lean on Pete, Tully, Mary and the Witch’s Flower, Funny Cow, and Redoubtable all continue.

Highlights: Cinema

Uprising: Spirit of ‘68

Fri 18 - Tue 22 May

In Paris in May 1968, confrontations between police and students brought workers out on a general strike and...

A Fistful of Dollars (15)

Tomorrow 20.40; Wed 13.00

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Jeune Femme (15)

Today 12.45, 15.15, 18.05, 20.35; Tomorrow 13.40, 15.55, 18.05, 20.35; Wed 13.05, 16.05, 18.20, 20.35 + more times

Broke, with nothing but her cat to her name and doors closing in her face, Paula is back...

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Weekly Calendar

Fri 18 May - Thu 24 May

Mary and the Witch’s Flower (U)

Today 13.20, 18.00; Tomorrow 15.40, 20.20; Wed 13.25, 18.05; Thu 15.40, 20.20

Award-winning director Hiromasa Yonebayashi - whose work for Studio Ghibli included the beloved Arriety and When Marnie Was...

Funny Cow (15)

Today 13.30, 15.50, 18.10, 20.30; Tomorrow 13.40, 16.00, 18.20, 20.30; Wed 13.45, 15.50, 18.10, 20.30 + more times

Set against the backdrop of working men’s clubs and the stand-up comedy circuit in the North of England,...

Tully (15)

Today 13.50, 18.25; Tomorrow 15.50, 20.25; Wed 13.15, 18.00; Thu 16.15, 20.40

A funny, moving, and insightful look at motherhood that features captivating performances by its two female leads.

Filmworker (15)

Today 15.40; Tomorrow 18.15; Wed 20.40; Thu 13.20

It’s a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else’s...

Revenge (18)

Today 16.00, 20.25; Tomorrow 13.05, 18.00; Wed 15.20, 20.25; Thu 15.25, 20.25

Writer-director Coralie Fargeat's compelling feature debut reframes the revenge genre's typical proclivities with a gaze that scrutinises male...

Moonlight (15)

Today 17.50

It’s a bold claim but it’s hard to envision a more potent film in 2017 than Moonlight, the...

Moonlight Panel discussion

Today 17.50

This screening will be followed by a panel discussion, including speakers Campbell X and Andrew Moor, Manchester Metropolitan...

Des!re

Mon 21 May 2018

Jazz meditation exploring the desire for transmasculine, transmen, butch, stud, masculine of centre (MOC) people assigned female at...

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Allure (18)

Today 20.20; Tomorrow 13.20; Wed 15.45; Thu 18.00

Laura (Evan Rachel Wood) works as a house cleaner for her father's company but her personal life is...

A Film Like Any Other (15)

Today 20.40

An analysis of the social upheaval of May 1968 made in the immediate aftermath of the workers’ and students’...

Lean on Pete (15)

Tomorrow 13.15; Wed 15.25, 20.20; Thu 13.40

Andrew Haigh directs a modern-day western about a 15-year-old lost soul who hooks up with a pair of...

The HOME Film Podcast #34: May 2018

This month, Jason and Andy discuss Andrew Haigh's drama Lean on Pete, Raoul Peck's The Young Karl Marx,...

The Young Karl Marx (18)

Tomorrow 15.30; Wed 17.50; Thu 12.50, 17.50

Fresh from the success of his James Baldwin documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, Haitian-born director Raoul Peck...

If (15)

Tomorrow 18.10

Lindsay Anderson’s daringly anarchic vision of British society set in an English boarding school in the late 1960s...

A Fistful of Dollars (15)

Tomorrow 20.40; Wed 13.00

Parent & Baby/ Wonderstruck (PG)

Thu 11.00

Based on Brian Selznick’s acclaimed novel, Wonderstruck is the tale of two children, Ben and Rose whose desire...

L7: Pretend We’re Dead (18)

Thu 18.30

Fierce pioneers of American grunge punk, this film is an engrossing time capsule told from the perspective of...

The Wild Boys (18)

From Fri 25 May

At the beginning of the 20th century five teenagers obsessed with the occult, commit a savage crime. A...

The Breadwinner (12A)

From Fri 25 May

The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in...

On Chesil Beach (15)

From Fri 25 May

England, 1962: two young newlyweds from very different backgrounds begin their honeymoon on the Dorset coast. A beautifully...

Zama (15)

From Fri 25 May

A perfect coupling of literary source material and a unique cinematic sensibility, Zama weaves a magical spell.

Edie (12A)

From Fri 25 May

Featuring breath-taking scenery, the star of Edie is of course Hancock, giving a tour de force performance that...

Play Your Gender (18)

Fri 18.15

Juno Award-winning producer Kinnie Starr is on a quest to find out why this disparity exists by speaking...

Play Your Gender Panel discussion

Fri 18.15

This screening will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Alison Surtees (Manchester Digital Music Archive) of...

Relaxed screening: Mary and the Witch’s Flower (U)

Sat 11.00

Based on the 1971 novel The Little Broomstick by British author Mary Stewart, this is a sublime animated...

About A Badly Drawn Boy (18)

Sat 15.30

An in-depth feature film all about the boy himself Damon Gough and the legacy of his Mercury Prize...

About A Badly Drawn Boy Q&A

Sat 15.30

We will be joined by director Craig McNeil for a Q&A following the screening.

Manchester Keeps On Dancing (18)

Sat 18.00

A truly remarkable social study of a subculture that helped put Manchester on the worldwide music map, from...

Manchester Keeps on Dancing Q&A

Sat 20.35

We will be joined by director Javi Senz, DJ Krysko, Ruud Whiting (Metrodome) and Dave Haslam for a...

Whale Rider (PG)

Sun 11.00

Part of the High Tide - Antipodean Women Directors Season

McKellen: Playing the Part (12A)

Sun 15.00

To celebrate one of Britain’s true acting icons on his birthday weekend, we will be screening McKellen: Playing...

McKellen: Playing the Part Satellite Q&A

Sun 15.00

There will be a live satellite Q&A hosted by Graham Norton following this screening.

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Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald (18)

Starts Mon 28 May 2018 at 16.00

Focusing on the phenomenon of her extraordinary voice, this film pays tribute to The First Lady of Song...

A Love That Never Dies (12A)

Starts Wed 30 May 2018 at 18.15

A Love That Never Dies is a personal journey by two bereaved parents Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds.

Filmed Up Jun 2018 (15)

Fri 1 Jun 18.20

Discover short films from all genre that are being produced in our region and meet the filmmakers. The...

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (PG)

Starts Sun 3 Jun 2018 at 13.00

Salford native Finney stars as Arthur Seaton, who spends his days in the factory and evenings in the...

Double Bill/ Spell Reel + Sol Negro (CTBA)

Starts Sun 3 Jun 2018 at 15.30

Two remarkable films that explore the notion of crisis and its effects through fictional storytelling and archive material...

MSA Film Productions presents PAUSE Programme 1 (CTBA)

Starts Thu 7 Jun 2018 at 16.20

A celebration of the best films from final year filmmaking students at Manchester Metropolitan University.

MSA Film Productions presents PAUSE Programme 2 (CTBA)

Starts Thu 7 Jun 2018 at 18.30

A celebration of the best films from final year filmmaking students at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Lek And The Dogs (15)

Starts Fri 8 Jun 2018 at 18.10

Experimental artist and auteur Andrew Kötting creates a ground-breaking crossover between narrative film and contemporary art piece, based...

ROH Live: Swan Lake (Live)

Starts Tue 12 Jun 2018 at 19.00

Swan Lake has had a special role in the repertory of The Royal Ballet since 1934.

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (12A)

Starts Thu 14 Jun 2018 at 18.10

Narrated by Maxine Peake, Dispossession examines the catastrophic failures that have led to a chronic shortage of social...

2001: A Space Odyssey (U)

Starts Fri 15 Jun 2018 at 19.50

50 years on from its original release, Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece is a regular fixture on greatest films polls...

Radical and Real Film Shorts Package (15)

Starts Sat 16 Jun 2018 at 12.45

A unique selection of short films created by international filmmakers based in Manchester exploring different aspects of being...

One Hour Intro: 2001 and American Sci Fi

Sun 17 Jun 16.00

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey, one of the most influential films of all...

Through Our Eyes (CTBA)

Starts Mon 18 Jun 2018 at 18.20

BAFTA-award winning director Samir Mehanovic, a Muslim refugee himself from the murderous Bosnian Wars of the 1990s, gives...

Loro di Napoli (CTBA)

Starts Tue 19 Jun 2018 at 18.30

In Naples in 2009, the Afro-Napoli United football team was born, comprised of Neapolitan migrants from Africa and...

Human Rights Watch Film Festival presents The Workers Cup (CTBA)

Starts Wed 20 Jun 2018 at 18.10

Inside the infamous labour camps of Qatar, a group of Asian and African migrant workers building the 2022...

Human Flow (12A)

Starts Thu 21 Jun 2018 at 17.50

Shot in 23 countries over the course of one eventful year, the film documents the courage, endurance, and...

Under the Volcano (15)

Starts Sun 24 Jun 2018 at 18.10

A day in the life of a disillusioned (and alcoholic) British ex-consul, during the celebration of The Day...

Chinese Film Forum UK presents/ Sunshine That Can Move Mountains (CTBA)

Starts Tue 26 Jun 2018 at 18.10

Filmed with Tibetan actors, set against the region’s sprawling landscapes, director Wang Qiang’s debut feature is both a...

Scream for me Sarajevo (15)

Starts Fri 29 Jun 2018 at 18.20

Scream for Me Sarajevo is the amazing and astonishing story of the most unlikely of rock concerts, performed...

Eaten by Lions (12A)

Starts Sat 30 Jun 2018 at 15.30

A hilarious British comedy about two teenage half brothers who are each in search of their different roots....

Venus (12A)

Starts Sat 30 Jun 2018 at 18.10

A laugh-out-loud comedy about alternative family values.

Village Rockstars (U)

Starts Sun 1 Jul 2018 at 15.50

A winner of multiple international awards, Village Rockstars is an instant crowd-pleaser.

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (12A)

Starts Thu 5 Jul 2018 at 19.20

Inspired by a true story, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is the new award-winning five-star hit musical for today...

Postcards from the 48% (CTBA)

Starts Sat 7 Jul 2018 at 17.50

A documentary film made by and featuring those who voted Remain in the 2016 British EU Referendum vote.

Yellow Submarine (U)

Starts Sun 8 Jul 2018 at 13.00

Animated classic of the 'Fab Four'

My Best (CTBA)

Starts Mon 9 Jul 2018 at 18.30

My Best is the story of Calum Best’s journey to better understand his father, a man that Calum...

Pin Cushion (15)

Starts Fri 13 Jul 2018 at 18.10

A heartrending fairy tale about strength and vulnerability and the relationship between a mother and a daughter.

All These Sleepless Nights (15)

Starts Mon 16 Jul 2018 at 20.40

All These Sleepless Nights chronicles several months in the lives of art school friends Kris and Michal as...

RSC Live: Romeo & Juliet (12A)

Starts Wed 18 Jul 2018 at 18.45

Romeo and Juliet is about a generation of young people born into violence and ripped apart by the...

NT Live/ Julie (As Live) (12A)

Starts Thu 6 Sep 2018 at 18.45

This new version of August Strinberg’s play Miss Julie, written by Polly Stenham, remains shocking and fiercely relevant...

RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor (12A)

Starts Wed 12 Sep 2018 at 18.45

Down on his luck in the suburbs, John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement...

NT Live/ King Lear (As Live) (12A)

Starts Thu 27 Sep 2018 at 18.45

Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear.

NT Live/ The Madness of George III (As Live) (12A)

Starts Tue 20 Nov 2018 at 18.45

Multi-award-winning drama The Madness of George III will be broadcast live, in National Theatre Live’s first ever broadcast...

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A Love That Never Dies Q&A

Wed 30 May 18.15

We will be joined by directors Jimmy Edmonds and Jane Harris for a Q&A following the screening.

L’amant double (18)

From Fri 1 Jun

François Ozon returns with a sleek but gleefully irreverent erotic thriller that sees the prolific French auteur ramping...

That Summer (CTBA)

From Fri 1 Jun

Directed by acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson, That Summer centres on the film project artist Peter Beard...

Ismael’s Ghosts (15)

Fri 1 Jun 2018

A film within a film - and then some, Desplechin layers narrative upon narrative and proves that as...

My Friend Dahmer (15)

From Fri 1 Jun

A measured and disquieting drama that explores the High School years of Jeffrey Dahmer, the notorious serial-killer who...

The Rape of Recy Taylor (15)

From Fri 1 Jun

This powerful documentary exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role...

La Ciénaga (12A)

Fri 16 Nov 2001 – Sat 2 Jun 2018

A tale of two women and their families in the small provincial town of Salta, Argentina, from the...

Disabled Writers Workshop / How to pitch for TV

Mon 4 Jun 2018

A workshop for disabled writers on how to pitch your idea for TV. Appplication deadline: 21 May

The Holy Girl (15)

Mon 4 Jun 2018

When a stranger makes a crude pass at her in a crowded street, Amalia becomes consumed by the...

The Headless Woman (12A)

Fri 19 Feb 2010 – Wed 6 Jun 2018

Verónica is a well-to-do, middle-aged dentist whose life becomes plagued with doubt following her involvement in a possible...

McQueen (15)

From Fri 8 Jun

Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, McQueen is an intimate revelation of Alexander [Lee]...

All the Wild Horses (15)

From Fri 8 Jun

Filmed in the glorious vastness of the Mongolian steppe, All The Wild Horses is a dynamic portrayal of...

Lek And The Dogs + Q&A

Fri 8 Jun 2018

We will be joined by director Andrew Kötting for a Q&A following the 18:10 screening on Fri 8...

Bixa Travesty (CTBA)

Fri 15 Jun 2018

Linn da Quebrada is a black trans woman from impoverished peri-urban São Paulo; she is also a pop...

The Ciambra (15)

Fri 15 Jun 2018

The Ciambra (Executive Produced by Martin Scorsese) is set amidst a small Romani community in Calabria.

Studio 54 (CTBA)

Fri 15 Jun 2018

Studio 54 was the epicentre of 70s hedonism - a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but...

Radical and Real Film Shorts Package Q&A

Sat 16 Jun 12.45

We will be joined by some of the filmmakers for a Q&A following this screening.

Through Our Eyes Q&A

Mon 18 Jun 18.20

We will be joined by director Samir Mehanovic for a Q&A following this screening.

The Workers Cup Q&A

Wed 20 Jun 18.10

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with film producer Rosie Garthwaite.

Human Flow Intro

Thu 21 Jun 17.50

Lauren Cape-Davenhill from the These Walls Must Fall campaign will introduce the screening, discussing how the enforcement and...

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