Film and Television The Penguin Lessons (review) – a tonally uneven but ambitious and uplifting experience by Calum Cooper 17th April 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Warfare (review) – a masterfully assembled film that lingers in the mind long after the credits have rolled by Calum Cooper 16th April 2025
Film and Television The Amateur (review) – an energetic cast and a captivating character struggle make this espionage thriller tick by Calum Cooper 10th April 2025
Film and Television A Working Man (review) – too scattershot to be compelling and too undercooked to be entertaining by Calum Cooper 27th March 2025
Film and Television The Alto Knights (review) – Levinson fails to bring the darkness and intrigue of Costello and Genovese’s story to life by Calum Cooper 20th March 2025
Film and Television Novocaine (review) – inventively gory with great lead performances, Berk and Olsen’s movie is a breezy and bloody action romp by Calum Cooper 20th March 2025
Film and Television·Music and Dance Snow White (review) – Disney’s live-action remake oozes inauthenticity and cheapness despite its bloated production budget by Calum Cooper 20th March 2025
Film and Television Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (review) – it’s probably time for Bridget to put down her diary by Calum Cooper 12th February 2025
Film and Television Captain America: Brave New World (review) – another reliable addition to this franchise within a franchise by Calum Cooper 12th February 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Seed of the Sacred Fig (review) – a riveting political drama as radical as it is suspenseful by Calum Cooper 12th February 2025
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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