Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Risk Appeal (NQV Media) review – five short film exploring risk, reward and regret by Neil Baker 12th January 2024
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Day Dreaming (NQV Media) review – four short films exploring female love and romance by Neil Baker 3rd November 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: A Better Tomorrow (NQV Media) review – things can only get better in these five fabulous short films by Neil Baker 28th October 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films Smalltown Boys (review) – a fascinating but, at times, fragmented exploration of community and belonging by Neil Baker 29th July 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Touch and Go (NQV Media) review – four shorts that explore the power of a single human touch by Neil Baker 8th June 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Shadows on Skin (NQV Media) review – four sizzling films exploring male sex and desire by Neil Baker 1st March 2023
Film and Television·NQV Short Films·Short Films Boys Feels: Stand By Me (NQV Media) review – the need for a companion, friend or brother when the pressures of adolescence descend by Neil Baker 21st November 2022
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Aussie Boys (NQV Media) review – seven road-trip shorts exploring departures, arrivals and revelations by Neil Baker 3rd September 2022
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Fleeting Glances (NQV Media) – the random moments, meetings and connections that shape our hopes and desires by Neil Baker 4th June 2022
Film and Television·NQV Short Films·Short Films A Night in the Fields (NQV Media) review – a journey into adolescent masculinity and friendship that is nothing short of exquisite by Neil Baker 20th February 2022
1 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
2 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
3 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
4 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
5 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
6 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
7 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
8 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
9 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
10 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
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