LIVE: RISING UP! PETERLOO 2019 – 17/10/2019

-HOME, MANCHESTER- When the line-up for this year’s Manchester Folk Festival was announced, tonight’s show at HOME was the one I was most looking forward to. 2019 is the 200-year anniversary of the Peterloo massacre that took place at St. Peter’s Fields, a few minutes on foot from where I am now sat. Following on […]
-HOME, MANCHESTER- Tonight, a film director is curating a concert in a theatre. It must be Manchester International Festival time! This year’s programme sees the great David Lynch putting on a series of three gigs as part of his takeover of HOME. Yesterday, Anna Calvi topped the bill, while tomorrow Oliver Coates is headlining, but […]

LIVE: THESE NEW PURITANS – 13/07/2019

INTERVIEW: CHRISTINE FRANZ – FILM MAKER ‘SLEAFORD MODS – BUNCH OF KUNST’

One of the least likely stories of the last few years in music has been the rise of Nottingham swear-punk duo Sleaford Mods from sweat-dripping bars to major festivals and big shot venues. When Berlin film-maker Christine Franz began to follow the band on tour in early 2015, neither she nor they could have seen […]
The history of cinema is teeming with stories of wild and wonderful films which never quite made it to the finish line. Films such as Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon, David Lynch’s Return of the Jedi, and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune, are famously unproduced masterpieces; masterpieces simply because they can only ever exist in imagination…until now. Combining live […]

THE UNFILMABLES SHOWCASE LIVE AUDIOVISUAL SCORES FOR THE ‘WHAT IF?’ FILMS

REVIEW: BIRDSONG – STORIES FROM PRIPYAT FT. SCORE BY ROBIN RICHARDS

– HOME, MANCHESTER – I’m watching Example’s 2006 documentary about Pripyat in Chernobyl. Tonight, I’ll be watching Clara Casian’s documentary Birdsong: Stories from Pripyat, which is being screened at HOME with a brand new score by Robin Richards performed live. But that isn’t for a few hours yet, so currently I’m watching Example’s documentary instead. […]
Globally acclaimed musician, composer and filmmaker Barry Adamson, known for his 1989 album Moss Side Story and work with punk band Magazine, curates a season of film in collaboration with HOME Cinema. Featuring iconic movies like Psycho (1960) and Cape Fear (1991), this festival of film aims to show the impact that scores can have […]

MANCHESTER MUSICIAN TO CURATE FILM FESTIVAL

HOME ANNOUNCED DELIA DERBYSHIRE DAY 2016

HOME and Delia Derbyshire Day are pleased to announce an exciting upcoming event in the Manchester cultural calendar. DD Day 2016, taking place at HOME, will be a special music and visual art event, celebrating the fascinating work and archive of Delia Derbyshire(1937-2001), a pioneer of electronic music, who worked for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop […]
Dave Haslam will mark the release of his new book with a launch event at Manchester’s new Home venue. The event, on Sunday, August 16, will feature a panel of guests and a surprise live performance. Guests on the ‘Life After Dark’ launch event include Bruce Mitchell (Durutti Column), Kath McDermott (Flesh/HomoElectric), Graeme Park (Hacienda) […]

DAVE HASLAM TO LAUNCH NEW BOOK AT HOME VENUE

FILM: ELLIOTT SMITH DOCUMENTARY ‘HEAVEN ADORES YOU’

– HOME, MANCHESTER – The inconclusive evidence surrounding Elliott Smith’s death makes for a compelling story. He died in 2003, at the age of 34, from two stab wounds to the chest. Whether the fatal injuries were self-inflicted is still up for debate, but you’ll be disappointed if you thought this documentary was about getting to the bottom of […]