Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming by Neil Baker 13th October 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre These Violent Delights (review): Hampson and Sansom’s passionate take on Romeo and Juliet marks the arrival of a new generation by Jane Jung 13th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films Stolen Memories (BFI London Film Festival) review: Davidsen’s film isn’t afraid to tackle knotty discussions on the reliability of memory by Neil Baker 12th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Ketticè (BFI London Film Festival) review: Tortorici’s film rejects all rules and forges its own path, just like the teens it follows by Neil Baker 12th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Elsinore (BFI London Film Festival) review: Scott’s powerful performance drives Stone’s exquisite story of Charleson’s Hamlet by Neil Baker 11th October 2026
Film and Television The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch by Calum Cooper 9th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp by Neil Baker 8th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films Bundle (BFI London Film Festival) review – a young man’s world collapses into a suffocating nightmare of no escape in Milillo’s powerful short by Neil Baker 8th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films The Last Snow (BFI London Film Festival) review – a masterclass in using light, colour, and shadow to create nail-biting moments of terror by Neil Baker 8th October 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television A new exhibition exploring the design and production of LAIKA’s new stop-motion film Wildwood opens at the Design Museum this October by Neil Baker 3rd October 2026
1 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
2 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
3 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
4 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
5 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
6 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
7 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
8 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
9 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
10 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
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