Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: Our top five picks for International Women’s Day on BBC iPlayer by Neil Baker 8th March 2025
Arts·Theatre Home Arches opens in Manchester providing artists with a world-class development hub by Neil Baker 24th January 2025
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance TV Choice: Celebrate Christmas across the BBC with our pick of 2024’s best festive shows by Neil Baker 1st December 2024
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: Jim Henson: Idea Man (Disney+) – a beautiful love letter to a man who changed puppetry, TV, film, and visual effects forever by Neil Baker 6th June 2024
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Theatre Message in a Bottle (review): Sadler’s Wells’ awe-inspiring and urgent production is coming to UK cinemas by Neil Baker 26th May 2024
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: Escape the rat race this spring with the epic Race Across the World and Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour on BBC iPlayer by Neil Baker 15th May 2024
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Rewind Billy Elliot (2000): Daldry’s film remains a sweet, powerful, and joyous exploration of masculinity, sexuality, class, and community by Neil Baker 19th March 2020
1 TV Choice: Enjoy a bubbling cauldron full of scary films, TV terrors, and spooky sounds on BBC iPlayer and Sounds this Halloween
2 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
3 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
4 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
5 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
6 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
7 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
8 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
9 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
10 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
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