Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Hamnet (BFI London Film Festival) review – a tender, heart-aching ode to family and how loss forms the basis of great art and humanity by Calum Cooper 13th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ The Holy Boy (BFI London Film Festival) review – a fierce, formidable, and heartbreaking coming-of-age horror by Neil Baker 11th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film and TV News·TV What to Watch – The Celebrity Traitors (BBC One and iPlayer) by Neil Baker 8th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre Reviews Stuntman review – an exhilarating, urgent and engaging exploration of the journey from boy to man by Neil Baker 6th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Diva (1981) – an intoxicating and playful crossroads in French cinema that is both fascinating and alluring by Neil Baker 29th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Theatre·Theatre Reviews A letter from Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience at The President Hotel, Bloomsbury by Neil Baker 27th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Twinless (review) – Sweeney’s film certainly isn’t identical to any other film out there; it’s a one-of-a-kind by Neil Baker 26th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·TV Blue Lights (series three) – Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson discuss the return of the Belfast-based police drama by Neil Baker 24th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews One Battle After Another (review) – Anderson dissects political extremism with a razor-sharp scalpel, ferocious energy and a wry smile by Neil Baker 21st September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Tree of Knowledge (A Árvore do Conhecimento) Fantastic Fest review – a mesmerising and playful fantasia on a theme by Neil Baker 20th September 2025
1 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
2 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
3 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
4 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
5 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
6 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
7 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
8 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
9 Pimple (Fantasia Film Festival) review – Alle’s story of a toxic pimple, a sebum monster and bullies about to meet a sticky end is a delight 19th July 2026
10 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre 18th July 2026
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