At only 82 minutes, Ida manages to tightly pack together a gripping story with a commentary on a number of diffuse themes – war, the holocaust, sexual revolution and religion – to make one truly remarkable package.

Gary Hook (Jack O’Connell), is a young British recruit with a patriot’s heart. He lands as part of an emergency crew assigned to keeping the peace in the heart of the fighting.

The film itself is a rhetorical question; how much can you ever really know about your other half? The answer offered: next to nothing. If you’re lucky.

It’s not that it’s a bad film, in fact it’s quite brilliant. But even though this grisly tour of Hollywood’s ugly side can be hard to watch, you daren’t take your eyes off it for a second

Magic in the Moonlight, remarkably Woody Allen’s 49th directorial credit, is lacking in some fairly critical aspects, yet it possesses plenty of playful charm and is eminently watchable.

Orgasmatron challengers wanted! Peaches Christ invites you to Bearbarella, the extremely risqué stage-show parody that will be hitting Manchester next month.

Polly Bentham, from Manchester, started the petition after it emerged the building is already being eyed for re-development once the Cornerhouse have moved to their new HOME arts complex in First Street

A campaign to save the iconic Cornerhouse building is underway – after fears that the building could be demolished once the arts venue moves to its new home.

Richard Ayoade’s latest film, The Double, is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novella and stars Jessie Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska

The 20th Viva Spanish and Latin American film festival at Manchester Cornerhouse draws to a close.

The 20th annual ¡Viva! Film Festival launches at the Cornerhouse to bring the best of Latin films to Manchester.