Editors' Choice·Film and Television Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (review) – a wonderful new entry to this beloved and masterful franchise by Calum Cooper 5th August 2026
Editors' Choice·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre Pride (review) – while there is much to love in this National Theatre musical adaptation, there is also something profoundly missing by Emma Duffy 4th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films The Male Gaze: Courage Under Fire (NQV Media) review – a sublime must-own collection of short films exploring courage in its many forms by Neil Baker 3rd August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Tuner (review) – Daniel Roher’s crime-thriller hits all the right notes in all the right places by Neil Baker 31st July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: BBC Two and iPlayer celebrate writer-directors with a season of BBC-backed film premieres by Neil Baker 31st July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Billy Liar (1963) rewind review – Schlesinger’s truly stunning coming-of-age film continues to speak to the experiences of young people today by Neil Baker 29th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year by Neil Baker 24th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable by Neil Baker 23rd July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow by Daisy Grace Greetham 21st July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material by Calum Cooper 19th July 2026
2 Leviticus: The true horror of religious fundamentalism, conversion practices and community oppression
3 Berlinale Generation at 50: The Crystal Bears are to take centre stage at the Berlinale Palast in 2027
4 Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes
5 Vleesdag (Meat Kills) FrightFest review – Smits’ slaughterhouse horror refuses to play by the established rules
6 Ithaqua (FrightFest) review – a rush to action shatters much of the tension and horror of the opening act in Walker’s movie
7 The Brook (FrightFest) review: Paul Stainthorpe’s first blood feature is an ambitious, smart, atmospheric, and engaging small-town mystery
8 TV Choice: Mia-Kate Russell’s sapphic revenge slasher, Penny Lane is Dead, streaming on Shudder, delivers one hell of a sucker punch
9 Great films live forever with Studiocanal Classics, from restored theatrical re-releases to unmissable home entertainment favourites
10 Colony (FrightFest) review – a taut atmosphere and a palpable urgency make for a gripping, if rather generic, zombie horror
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