Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Sheep Detectives (review) – Kyle Balda’s tale of a fearless flock of out-to-pasture detectives is full of humour and heart by Calum Cooper 8th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Our Hero, Balthazar (review) – an unsettling and urgent exploration of masculinity, class divide and extremism in our social media age by Neil Baker 6th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·TV Your Guide to The Eurovision Song Contest 2026, taking place in Vienna, and broadcasting live across BBC TV and Radio by Neil Baker 5th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell discuss Half Man, repression, violence, the complexity of masculinity, and the fragility of brotherhood by Neil Baker 5th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Hokum (review) – an atmospheric meditation on the destabilising nature of guilt and greed by Calum Cooper 2nd May 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film and TV News·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Rewind Rip It Up: A UK-wide season of film, TV and events celebrating 75 years of youth culture presented by BFI Film Audience Network by Neil Baker 1st May 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television In Other Worlds, the first major UK solo exhibition from Liam Young, is to open at the Barbican by Neil Baker 29th April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews So Bad They’re Good (rewind review) – the terrifically terrible Troll (1986) and Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) by Neil Baker 27th April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Willard (1971) rewind review – Mann explores the psyche of a lost and lonely boy seeking liberation and escape in all the wrong places by Neil Baker 27th April 2026
Editors' Choice·Theatre·Theatre Reviews The Price (review) – Jonathan Munby’s adaptation of Arthur Miller’s play is a captivating and enthralling sure-fire hit by Neil Baker 26th April 2026
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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