Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·UK Festivals Rock Out (Sheffield DocFest) review – a mighty mixtape of queer musical history that is both mindful and momentous by Neil Baker 25th June 2025
Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·Theatre·Theatre Reviews The Mad Ones (review) – Kerrigan and Lowdermilk’s musical finds its voice through a great ensemble cast by Emma Duffy 11th May 2025
Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·Theatre·Theatre Reviews The Great Gatsby (review) – show-stopping performances from Muscato and McCann can’t save this empty spectacle by Emma Duffy 11th May 2025
Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·Theatre·Theatre Reviews The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody (review) – a celebratory burlesque cabaret from a galaxy far, far away by Neil Baker 6th May 2025
Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·Theatre·Theatre Reviews We Aren’t Kids Anymore – the star-studded world premiere of Drew Gasparini’s musical rocks the Savoy Theatre, London. by Neil Baker 29th April 2025
Live Music and Gigs·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·Theatre·Theatre Reviews Seven Drunken Nights: The Story of the Dubliners (review) – grab a Guinness, prepare to sing your heart out, and soak up the craic by Neil Baker 24th March 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews Snow White (review) – Disney’s live-action remake oozes inauthenticity and cheapness despite its bloated production budget by Calum Cooper 20th March 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews A Complete Unknown (review) – engaging, elegant and alluring yet somewhat pedestrian by Calum Cooper 12th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·UK Festivals Better Man (review) – Gracey’s fabulous musical biopic isn’t monkeying around by Neil Baker 20th December 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming Beatles ’64 (Disney+) – Stream It or Skip It by Neil Baker 29th November 2024
1 The Male Gaze: Naughty Boys (NQV Media) Stream It or Skip It – an unmissable selection box of globetrotting cinematic treats 6th April 2026
2 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
3 Fuze (review) – impressively crafted, but unable to find the necessary balance between its plotlines 3rd April 2026
4 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
5 As Noah Jupe and Sadie Sink take to the stage in Romeo & Juliet, Jane Jung explores the endlessly reimagined Shakespeare classic 1st April 2026
6 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (review) – proof that catering to the banal sensibilities of fanboys only hinders the creative process 31st March 2026
7 Night Stage (review) – a bold, thrilling and breathless erotic dance through Porto Alegre 30th March 2026
8 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
9 Out Laws (BFI Flare) review – a thoughtful, urgent, and personal journey into colonial legacy, human rights, and history 29th March 2026
10 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
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