Arts & Culture

Looking at patriarchy and social norms in Kosovo in the wake of war, the meditative pacing and sensitive direction of Blerta Basholli’s Hive allow it to be inspirational without moralising.

Fuck The Honeymoon, screening at this year's Manchester International Film Festival, follows an unusual first date - a couples counselling session. Director Josh Thornton-Allan told us more.

With Punch-Drunk longlisted for a BAFTA and screening at this year's Manchester International Film Festival, we spoke to Falsetooth Films' Liam White about the company's past and future film output.

Writer-director Fred Baillif draws on his experience of working in social care to tell the story of seven girls living in a residential…

2021 was Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s year. After making one of the best films of the last decade in Happy Hour (2015), a five-hour drama of…

After a decade’s absence, this circus of spectacle exceeds expectations with an incredible amount of heart and genuine showmanship.

Joel Coen’s debut cinematic venture without his brother Ethan is far from a midsummer night’s dream: it’s a harrowing liminal nightmare.

An adaptation of 'Two Black Boys in Paradise' has begun production as a beautifully crafted stop-motion animation - the poem and film creators talk to Now Then.

For what might seem a self-centred genre, the best coming-of-age stories have always included a profound social element. After all,…

We discuss the Ramsbottom-based theatre company's past, present and future, from sports changing rooms to an exciting 2022 programme.