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 takes a look at the return of the megamusical 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
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Theatre Brokeback Mountain (2005) – a lightning rod for conservative America’s anxieties by Emma Duffy 19th May 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Knock at the Cabin (review) – Shyamalan is a survivor, not an innovator by Emma Duffy 12th March 2023
1 Billy Liar (1963) rewind review – Schlesinger’s truly stunning coming-of-age film continues to speak to the experiences of young people today 29th July 2026
2 The Mortuary Assistant (review) – Jeremiah Kipp’s horror game adaptation juggles supernatural terror and psychological torment 27th July 2026
3 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
4 Robota (review) – the Schwarzman Centre reimagines Čapek’s classic in examining what it means to be human in the age of AI 25th July 2026
5 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
6 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
7 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
8 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
9 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
10 Blue Mist (UK Tour) review – Who has the authority to define another person’s story? And who decides what counts as an “authentic voice?” 21st July 2026
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