Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance In the Heights (review) – a mixtape of musical highs and lows by Sabastian Astley 15th June 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Shiva Baby (review) – the worlds of teenagehood and adulthood collide in an impossibly messy collision by Sabastian Astley 27th May 2021
Film and Television Spiral: From the Book of Saw (review) – a murderously marvellous addition to the franchise by Sabastian Astley 15th May 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews·TV and Streaming Reviews Threshold (Arrow) – Stream It or Skip It by Sabastian Astley 7th May 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews·TV and Streaming Reviews Willy’s Wonderland (rent or buy) – Stream It or Skip it by Sabastian Astley 19th April 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews·TV and Streaming Reviews Night of the Kings (review) – an incredible filmic tapestry of West African culture by Sabastian Astley 5th April 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews·TV and Streaming Reviews The Mauritanian (Prime Video) review – Tahar Rahim shines in Kevin MacDonald’s unflinching legal drama by Sabastian Astley 27th March 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews·TV and Streaming Reviews Wrong Turn (rent or buy) – Stream It or Skip It by Sabastian Astley 26th February 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews·TV and Streaming Reviews Judas and the Black Messiah (rent or buy) – Stream It or Skip It by Sabastian Astley 14th February 2021
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Woman of the Photographs (FrightFest) review – a nuanced and unexpected take on the darkness of human psychology by Sabastian Astley 26th October 2020
1 La Carn (SXSW London) review – the obsession with random sex chats leads to a problematic question of consent 8th June 2026
2 Kevin’s Series of Unfortunate Events (Tribeca Festival) review – a fabulously flirtatious, farcical and fast-paced delight 8th June 2026
3 Summer of Three (Tribeca Festival) review – a sun-kissed portrait of youth, love and loss in Puerto Rico 8th June 2026
4 Hormonal Highs – six hot and heavy films that take us from a dance floor in New York to an isolated Blue Lagoon 8th June 2026
5 Barrio Triste (SXSW London) review – Stillz’s debut feature leaves you both breathless and disoriented as the credits roll 6th June 2026
6 Sad Girlz (Tribeca Festival) review – Tovar’s Double Berlinale Winner is a stunning reflection of girlhood and trauma 6th June 2026
7 Verse (Tribeca Festival) review – Noam Argov explores the interface between our online and offline worlds in this urgent and timely short film 6th June 2026
8 DISC (Tribeca Festival) review – Blake Rice’s one-night stand short is as acidically sweet as a lemon dipped in sugar 6th June 2026
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