Arts &amp; Culture

Art Battle marks 20 events with a typically entertaining takeover of a former department store in Stockport.

Comedian Mark Thomas talks politics, the Leadmill and community resilience.

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Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical is now a film, but is its fantastical depiction of England too twee? Isy Barrs finds out.

11 September 2022

Art Battles have been raging since 2013 and the 20th event of the series is coming soon. Here's what to expect.

30 May 2022

"A screaming, vibrant symphony of surreality, drama and comedy": Daniels’ latest cinematic venture can only be described as a brain-melting, heart-wrenching marvel.

18 May 2022

The celebrated screenwriter speaks to Now Then about his new pandemic poem and why those in power are just trying to get through the day ahead of his Festival of Debate appearance.

14 May 2022

I Am A Cliché is an emotional bio-doc of Poly Styrene, the original trailblazing germ-free adolescent.

5 May 2022

The Great Movement is a case of aesthetics and politics colliding. Writer/director Kiro Russo began documenting the lives of Bolivian…

26 April 2022

This film, released today, shows us therapy from one the few African-American Freudian therapists in the United States. Psychotherapist Mat Pronger reviews the Klaartje Quirijns documentary for Now Then.

Arts & Culture

Paint, Sweat and Beers - a 20th Golden Paintbrush is awarded by Art Battle

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Aftersun: A nostalgic, heart-breaking look at childhood memories

Huesera: A feminist take on the body horror of pregnancy

The Harbinger: Contemporary, gripping, and grounded in realism

Matilda The Musical: Charming, engaging and fantastical

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Everything Everywhere All At Once: A visually riveting deep-dive into the liberation of nihilism in a modern world

Armando Iannucci “Let’s compare them to gods and heroes, because that’s how they want us to think of them”

Poly Styrene "The film portrays Poly as a complex woman, but because we come from a place of love for her, we're able to explore the darker sections of her life."

The Great Movement: Aesthetics and politics collide

Your Mum and Dad: Therapy on screen