Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Life of Chuck (review) – Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards by Calum Cooper 21st August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Rewind Reviews·Theatre Get Real (1998) – an honest, upfront, and groundbreaking depiction of the 1990s teenage gay experience by Neil Baker 18th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Weapons (review) – a genuinely unique, fresh, and twisted contemporary fairytale by Neil Baker 6th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·TV Parenthood (episode guide) – Sir David Attenborough returns with a groundbreaking BBC One series by Neil Baker 5th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews The School Duel (Fantasia Film Festival) review – an outstanding feature directorial debut that leaves an indelible mark by Neil Baker 3rd August 2025
Editors' Choice·LGBTQ+·Theatre·Theatre Reviews A Role to Die For (review) – Jordan Waller’s play sparkles like a freshly opened bottle of vintage Dom Pérignon by Neil Baker 1st August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Bring Her Back (review) – grotesque and chilling with a well of empathy at its core by Calum Cooper 30th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·TV Smoke (Apple TV+) review – watch the tinderbox ignite in this beautifully crafted slice of TV drama by Neil Baker 28th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Short Films Shrimp Fried Rice (Fantasia Film Festival) short film review – sizzling, satisfying, scrumptious, and smart by Neil Baker 25th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·TV The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Jacob Elordi, Justin Kurzel and Ciarán Hinds discuss the screen adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s novel by Neil Baker 18th July 2025
1 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
2 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
3 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
4 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
5 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
6 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
7 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
8 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
9 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
10 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
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