Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films Shrimp Fried Rice (review) – sizzling, satisfying and scrumptious, Dylan Pun’s salty-sweet short film is now streaming on YouTube by Neil Baker 20th September 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre Explore the full line-up of the 20th Bloomsbury Festival, with highlights from outgoing Festival Director Rosemary Richards by Neil Baker 17th September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Ah Girl (TIFF) review: Ang Geck Geck Priscilla shows remarkable skills with child performers in her intimate and bittersweet drama by Rino Lu 12th September 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Berlinale Generation at 50: The Crystal Bears are to take centre stage at the Berlinale Palast in 2027 by Neil Baker 1st September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes by Neil Baker 31st August 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Vleesdag (Meat Kills) FrightFest review – Smits’ slaughterhouse horror refuses to play by the established rules by Neil Baker 31st August 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Ithaqua (FrightFest) review – a rush to action shatters much of the tension and horror of the opening act in Walker’s movie by Zachary Thompson 30th August 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Brook (FrightFest) review: Paul Stainthorpe’s first blood feature is an ambitious, smart, atmospheric, and engaging small-town mystery by Neil Baker 30th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: Mia-Kate Russell’s sapphic revenge slasher, Penny Lane is Dead, streaming on Shudder, delivers one hell of a sucker punch by Neil Baker 29th August 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Colony (FrightFest) review – a taut atmosphere and a palpable urgency make for a gripping, if rather generic, zombie horror by Calum Cooper 28th August 2026
1 Studiocanal has announced the release of a new 4K restoration of Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin (1992), starring Robert Downey Jr
2 TV Choice: The cloaks have been ironed, the fingerless gloves unpacked, and the turret dusted for The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One
3 The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain (NCCGB) is now searching for the next generation of singing talent
4 The Intimacy Coordinator (review): Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s short film is bold in its perspective and bursting with potential
5 The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards, taking place in London this November
6 Queer Theatre is auctioning a Star Trek: Picard script belonging to Marina Sirtis, with all proceeds supporting LGBTQIA+ theatre-makers
7 A Tale of Two Cities (review): After 90 years, Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud’s adaptation finally comes to life on stage
8 TV Choice: Break Clause – Moving on is hard, moving out is even harder in Jess Bray’s new Channel 4 comedy/drama
9 Sense and Sensibility (review) – Oakley and Reid’s adaptation flourishes with vivid visuals and ebullient performances
10 Premature (review): Kevin Walls’ debut feature is rough around the edges, but its sincerity and thematic observations are easy to admire
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