Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Nightmare Before Christmas (1994) rewind review – a fantastic, spooky, musical oddball adventure by Sabastian Astley 5th December 2021
Film and Television Encanto (review) – a joyous celebration of Colombian community and culture by Sabastian Astley 26th November 2021
Film and Television Pirates (review) – It’s got personality and style, and most of all, it’s just a banger of a film by Sabastian Astley 23rd November 2021
Film and Television Silent Night (review) – a danse macabre between Christmassy spirit and collective suicide by Sabastian Astley 19th November 2021
Film and Television Eternals (review) – a different interpretation of what a superhero film can and perhaps should be by Sabastian Astley 3rd November 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Sabastian Astley picks five must-watch movies for Halloween night by Sabastian Astley 30th October 2021
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Il Buco (BFI London Film Festival) review – Michelangelo Frammartino immerses you in the speleologist’s journey of discovery by Sabastian Astley 24th October 2021
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Dashcam (BFI London Film Festival) review – the most insane and entertaining horror ride of the year by Sabastian Astley 22nd October 2021
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Lost Daughter (BFI London Film Festival) review – a directorial debut that quickly loses its audience by Sabastian Astley 20th October 2021
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Last Night in Soho (BFI London Film Festival) review – a neon-lit love letter that never quite finds its horror voice by Sabastian Astley 18th October 2021
1 Just an Illusion (review) – Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano’s heartwarming and hilarious coming-of-age film is a pure delight
2 CATS (review) – The open-air theatre in Regent’s Park becomes the cats’ secret world in this masterful new production
3 The Edinburgh Fringe Award-winning, wickedly funny and unflinching Goblin takes to the stage at the Park Theatre this November
4 Tom Daley adds the final stitch to the giant ‘Baa-Ewe’ Tapestry celebrating Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
5 The Oresteia (review): What Stone brings from Greek tragedy into the present is not the myth but the people
6 Saturday Night Live UK announces Jeff Goldblum as the first host of the new series and the addition of Freddie Meredith to the cast
7 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
8 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
9 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
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