Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Italian Boys (NQV Media) review – an enthralling and richly sewn tapestry of short films by Neil Baker 8th October 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Tunnel (review) – a festive getaway turns into a fireball in Pål Øie’s polished disaster film by Neil Baker 21st September 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Christine (1983) rewind review – puts the pedal to the metal and, unlike many horrors, doesn’t run out of gas halfway through by Neil Baker 31st August 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Two Heads Creek (FrightFest 2020) – Jordan Waller on dodgy sausages, growing nationalism, and blood-splattered comedy by Neil Baker 30th August 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Strikers and Defenders (NQV Media) review – four shorts exploring coming of age, desire and masculinity by Neil Baker 29th July 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ I Am Jonas ‘Jonas’ (review) – a profoundly moving and powerful story of individual healing and painful acceptance by Neil Baker 17th July 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) – a film that genuinely shook the landscape of filmmaking and, with it, audience expectations by Neil Baker 1st July 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Welcome to Chechnya (Sheffield DocFest) review – the atrocities of state-orchestrated hate and the indifference of global governments by Neil Baker 20th June 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Benny’s Video (1992) – Haneke’s cutting exploration of failed parenting, guilt, and the effect of media on adolescent behaviour by Neil Baker 28th April 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Moffie (review) – repression, suppression, desire and discrimination in a country torn apart by apartheid by Neil Baker 27th April 2020
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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