Editors' Choice·Film and Television Shazam! (review): Sandberg’s delightful comic book movie is about hope, love, and the superhero strength of found family by Neil Baker 4th 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 that 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 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
2 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
3 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
4 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
5 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
6 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
7 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
8 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
9 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
10 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
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