With an inspired performance by Steve Coogan, this wacky drama about the Manchester music scene travels in time to portray a way of relating to music that’s now partly extinct. Smartly blending archival footage with fictional characters, 24 Hour Party People dances to the beat of its own drum.

Director John Crowley (Brooklyn) and playwright Mark O’Rowe made the move from stage to screen with this rollicking tale of malcontents on the make. With Colin Farrell and Cillian Murphy leading an ensemble cast of familiar faces, Intermission is a crime comedy with mischief and attitude to burn.