Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals Maspalomas (BFI London Film Festival) review – a tender, emotional and intimate character study full of humour and heart by Neil Baker 14th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·UK Festivals After the Hunt (BFI London Film Festival) review – Guadagnino’s picture feels uncharacteristically uncertain of itself by Calum Cooper 13th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Short Films·UK Festivals Grandma is Thirsty (BFI London Film Festival) short film review – Carr’s deliciously dark horror treat leaves you thirsty for more by Neil Baker 13th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·UK Festivals Hamnet (BFI London Film Festival) review – a tender, heart-aching ode to family and how loss forms the basis of great art and humanity by Calum Cooper 13th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Short Films·UK Festivals The Wasp (or the Sheer Beauty of Accepting Yourself) BFI London Film Festival short film review by Neil Baker 12th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Short Films·UK Festivals Yellow Bucket (BFI London Film Festival) short film review – Simon Brooke’s delightful short carries a surprising emotional punch by Neil Baker 12th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals The Holy Boy (BFI London Film Festival) review – a fierce, formidable, and heartbreaking coming-of-age horror by Neil Baker 11th October 2025
Art and Photography·Exhibitions·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre News·UK Festivals Rude Health Festival returns with a season of radical performance, film, dance and community activities by Neil Baker 8th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·Theatre·Theatre Reviews·UK Festivals Stuntman review – an exhilarating, urgent and engaging exploration of the journey from boy to man by Neil Baker 6th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals Twinless (review) – Sweeney’s film certainly isn’t identical to any other film out there; it’s a one-of-a-kind by Neil Baker 26th September 2025
1 Upon Her Lips: She Likes Girls (NQV Media) Stream It or Skip It – love, separation and transformation through a global female lens 4th April 2026
2 Fuze (review) – impressively crafted, but unable to find the necessary balance between its plotlines 3rd April 2026
3 Montreal, My Beautiful (BFI Flare) review – Joan Chen shines in an unreservedly bold and intimate study of a migrant family in flux 1st April 2026
4 As Noah Jupe and Sadie Sink take to the stage in Romeo & Juliet, Jane Jung explores the endlessly reimagined Shakespeare classic 1st April 2026
5 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (review) – proof that catering to the banal sensibilities of fanboys only hinders the creative process 31st March 2026
6 Night Stage (review) – a bold, thrilling and breathless erotic dance through Porto Alegre 30th March 2026
7 A Tale of Two Cities – first look at Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack in the new BBC and MGM+ adaptation of Dickens’ classic 30th March 2026
8 Out Laws (BFI Flare) review – a thoughtful, urgent, and personal journey into colonial legacy, human rights, and history 29th March 2026
9 Race Across the World (series six) BBC One – meet the teams taking part in this year’s epic race across Europe and Asia 29th March 2026
10 New venues and an opening night under the stars, the 28th OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival announces its programme 27th March 2026
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