Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Plainclothes (SXSW London) review – Carmen Emmi’s feature directorial debut is riveting, bold and exquisitely crafted by Neil Baker 8th June 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·TV The Institute – first look at the new MGM+ Stephen King adaptation that premiered at SXSW London by Neil Baker 6th June 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV What It Feels Like for a Girl (SXSW London) review – a sublime, sharp, brave and bold queer TV milestone by Neil Baker 4th June 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (review) – mission accomplished for McQuarrie and Cruise by Calum Cooper 28th May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Sinners (review) – a spellbinding ode to music, culture, and the intricacies of a life marked by oppression by Calum Cooper 24th May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·TV Carême (Apple TV+) review – a fast-paced, lavish and decadent offering that should be top of the menu by Neil Baker 23rd May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Ocean with David Attenborough (review) – one of the year’s most important and urgent documentaries by Calum Cooper 22nd May 2025
Editors' Choice·Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre News Feed me, Seymour! – Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre announce a revival of Little Shop of Horrors by Neil Baker 22nd May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·TV What to Watch – Sky releases the official teaser for the Sky Exclusive drama series IT: Welcome to Derry by Neil Baker 20th May 2025
Editors' Choice·Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre News Cast announced for the UK Premiere of Sing Street at Lyric Hammersmith by Neil Baker 17th May 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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