Film and Television Pet Sematary (2019) – an unnecessary remake that carries few of the chills of Lambert’s 1989 movie by Neil Baker 5th April 2019
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Mapplethorpe (BFI Flare) review – Timoner never allows the audience time to reflect on the artistic impulses that drove Robert’s journey by Neil Baker 30th March 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Making Montgomery Clift (BFI Flare) review – a fresh perspective on the life of a Hollywood giant by Neil Baker 30th March 2019
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Men of Hard Skin (BFI Flare 2019) review – sex, abuse and control against a backdrop of community acceptance and lies by Neil Baker 25th March 2019
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ BFI Flare 2019 (reviews) – from 1920s Bermondsey to modern-day Brighton, explore all the 33rd edition of BFI Flare had to offer by Neil Baker 24th March 2019
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Papi Chulo (BFI Flare 2019) review – a stunning and heartfelt exploration of friendship, platonic love and healing by Neil Baker 18th March 2019
Film and Television The Hole in the Ground (review) – the tension built quickly evaporates as Cronin’s movie goes underground by Neil Baker 3rd March 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Eden Lake (2008) rewind review – a terrifying, riveting, bleak and formidable horror that’s not for the squeamish by Neil Baker 1st March 2019
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Sauvage (review) – a tough, uncompromising, and at times deeply uncomfortable portrait of sex work, addiction, and connection by Neil Baker 1st March 2019
Film and Television Old Boys (review) – Alex Lawther and Jonah Hauer-King are spellbinding by Neil Baker 25th February 2019
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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