Editors' Choice·Film and Television Hokum (review) – an atmospheric meditation on the destabilising nature of guilt and greed by Calum Cooper 2nd May 2026
Film and Television·Music and Dance Michael (review) – mechanical storytelling and a sanitised portrayal so vacant of nuance or substance only leave one unsettled by Calum Cooper 29th April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Stand By Me (1986) rewind review – funny, charming, sage and forlorn, Reiner’s film is one of the greatest coming-of-age pictures of all time by Calum Cooper 17th April 2026
Film and Television Fuze (review) – impressively crafted, but unable to find the necessary balance between its plotlines by Calum Cooper 3rd April 2026
Film and Television The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (review) – proof that catering to the banal sensibilities of fanboys only hinders the creative process by Calum Cooper 31st March 2026
Film and Television Orwell: 2+2=5 (review) – Peck’s highlighting of the parallels between prose and reality is brutally effective by Calum Cooper 24th March 2026
Film and Television Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (review) – Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett’s sequel should leave most fans with their appetites quenched by Calum Cooper 20th March 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Project Hail Mary (review) – Lord and Miller’s movie is as soulful and endearing as it is thoroughly enjoyable by Calum Cooper 19th March 2026
Film and Television How to Make a Killing (review) – Patton Ford’s movie is too meek to be a dark drama and too self-conscious to lean into full bleak comedy by Calum Cooper 11th March 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Rebuilding (Glasgow Film Festival) review – Walker-Silverman’s film says little verbally but achieves so much visually and emotionally by Calum Cooper 6th March 2026
1 Stolen Memories (BFI London Film Festival) review: Davidsen’s film isn’t afraid to tackle knotty discussions on the reliability of memory
2 Ketticè (BFI London Film Festival) review: Tortorici’s film rejects all rules and forges its own path, just like the teens it follows
3 Franz & Marie (review): Howard and Oakley’s poignant tragedy comes to life through folk music and performance
4 Elsinore (BFI London Film Festival) review: Scott’s powerful performance drives Stone’s exquisite story of Charleson’s Hamlet
5 The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch
6 The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp
7 Bundle (BFI London Film Festival) review – a young man’s world collapses into a suffocating nightmare of no escape in Milillo’s powerful short
8 The Last Snow (BFI London Film Festival) review – a masterclass in using light, colour, and shadow to create nail-biting moments of terror
9 The Last Ship (review) – the vast stage is filled not only by the ship itself, but by the voices of the people who built it
10 A new exhibition exploring the design and production of LAIKA’s new stop-motion film Wildwood opens at the Design Museum this October
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