Film and Television The Naked Gun (review) – anyone who’s been missing a good parody film need fret no longer by Calum Cooper 30th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Bring Her Back (review) – grotesque and chilling with a well of empathy at its core by Calum Cooper 30th July 2025
Film and Television The Bad Guys 2 (review) – colourful and playfully silly, with the occasional bit of thematic meat to its animated bones by Calum Cooper 26th July 2025
Film and Television The Fantastic Four: First Steps (review) – effortlessly charming and bursting at its cosmic seams with action-packed fun by Calum Cooper 22nd July 2025
Film and Television Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness (review) – Depp’s movie is messy rather than creatively mercurial by Calum Cooper 10th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Superman (review) – Gunn’s film leaps over the height of expectation in a single, if not always graceful, bound by Calum Cooper 9th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television How to Train Your Dragon (review) – a visually enchanting but questionable carbon copy of the animated original by Calum Cooper 11th June 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (review) – mission accomplished for McQuarrie and Cruise by Calum Cooper 28th May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Sinners (review) – a spellbinding ode to music, culture, and the intricacies of a life marked by oppression by Calum Cooper 24th May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Ocean with David Attenborough (review) – one of the year’s most important and urgent documentaries by Calum Cooper 22nd May 2025
1 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
2 Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming
3 These Violent Delights (review): Hampson and Sansom’s passionate take on Romeo and Juliet marks the arrival of a new generation
4 Stolen Memories (BFI London Film Festival) review: Davidsen’s film isn’t afraid to tackle knotty discussions on the reliability of memory
5 Ketticè (BFI London Film Festival) review: Tortorici’s film rejects all rules and forges its own path, just like the teens it follows
6 Franz & Marie (review): Howard and Oakley’s poignant tragedy comes to life through folk music and performance
7 Elsinore (BFI London Film Festival) review: Scott’s powerful performance drives Stone’s exquisite story of Charleson’s Hamlet
8 The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch
9 The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp
10 Bundle (BFI London Film Festival) review – a young man’s world collapses into a suffocating nightmare of no escape in Milillo’s powerful short
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