Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·North America Festivals Summer Qamp (TIFF) review – Markowitz celebrates the power of youth work to build bridges and change lives by Neil Baker 16th September 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·North America Festivals Chuck Chuck Baby (TIFF) review – Janis Pugh offers us a genre-defying ode to love, loss, female friendship, and second chances by Neil Baker 10th September 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·North America Festivals Death of a Whistleblower (TIFF) review – the urgency and importance of holding power to account, no matter the cost by Neil Baker 9th September 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·North America Festivals·Short Films Transylvanie (Fantasia Film Festival) short film review – Huart’s tale of isolation, and a need to find belonging, is striking in its power by Neil Baker 4th August 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·North America Festivals Skin Deep (Fantasia) review – What makes you, you? Is it your body? Your sexuality? Your gender? Or is it something undefinable? by Neil Baker 3rd August 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·North America Festivals Devils (악마들) (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a killer with no remorse and a cop willing to break every rule by Neil Baker 28th July 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·North America Festivals Hundreds of Beavers (Fantasia Film Festival) review – You wanna get nuts? Come on! Let’s get nuts! by Neil Baker 25th July 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·North America Festivals The Primevals (Fantasia Film Festival) review – the warm glow of a disappearing sense of adventure by Neil Baker 25th July 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·North America Festivals Stay Online (Fantasia) review – Strelnikova’s feature debut is an assured screen-time thriller and a very human story of survival by Neil Baker 24th July 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·North America Festivals The Mattachine Family (Outfest) review – Vallentine’s film isn’t afraid to ask how equality has changed the gay experience by Neil Baker 22nd July 2023
1 Orphan (review) – an intimate and complex journey through a formative stage in one boy’s burgeoning sense of masculinity 13th May 2026
2 Jimpa (Stream It or Skip It) – Sophie Hyde’s movie never finds its dramatic, historical or contemporary queer voice 12th May 2026
3 Upon Her Lips: Kiss Me (NQV Media) Stream It or Skip It – a thoughtful and eclectic mix of short stories exploring love 10th May 2026
4 Karen Hauer and Nadiya Bychkova are set to light up the stage with Nikita Kuzmin: Supernova, touring this summer 8th May 2026
5 The Sheep Detectives (review) – Kyle Balda’s tale of a fearless flock of out-to-pasture detectives is full of humour and heart 8th May 2026
6 New musical Raising Gays brings pride, parents and plenty of heart to the Garrick Theatre for its concert reading this July 8th May 2026
7 Our Hero, Balthazar (review) – an unsettling and urgent exploration of masculinity, class divide and extremism in our social media age 6th May 2026
8 Your Guide to The Eurovision Song Contest 2026, taking place in Vienna, and broadcasting live across BBC TV and Radio 5th May 2026
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