Editors' Choice·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre Pride (review) – while there is much to love in this National Theatre musical adaptation, there is also something profoundly missing by Emma Duffy 4th August 2026
Music and Dance·Theatre The Mad Ones (review) – Kerrigan and Lowdermilk’s musical finds its voice through a great ensemble cast by Emma Duffy 11th May 2025
Music and Dance·Theatre The Great Gatsby (review) – show-stopping performances from Muscato and McCann can’t save this empty spectacle by Emma Duffy 11th May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ The Wedding Banquet (BFI Flare Review) – Ahn’s fresh, funny and heartfelt rom-com leaves you with a warm loving glow by Emma Duffy 3rd April 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ I’m Your Venus (BFI Flare Review) – a striking portrait of grief, family and the fight for lasting change by Emma Duffy 23rd March 2025
Music and Dance·Theatre Starlight Express – Emma Duffy on the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s megamusical at Wembley Park by Emma Duffy 6th July 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind The Wedding Banquet (1993) – Is Ang Lee’s film a long-forgotten gem of the new queer cinema movement? by Emma Duffy 24th June 2024
Film and Television Oppenheimer (review) – a technical marvel and spectacle that deserves to be seen on the big screen by Emma Duffy 26th July 2023
Film and Television Barbie (review) – Greta Gerwig’s tightly written comedy will have you grinning from ear to ear by Emma Duffy 26th July 2023
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Theatre Brokeback Mountain (2005): Ang Lee’s adaptation of Proulx’s story was a lightning rod for conservative America’s anxieties by Emma Duffy 19th May 2023
1 TV Choice: Enjoy a bubbling cauldron full of scary films, TV terrors, and spooky sounds on BBC iPlayer and Sounds this Halloween
2 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
3 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
4 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
5 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
6 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
7 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
8 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
9 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
10 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
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