Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Eden Lake (2008) rewind review – a terrifying, riveting, bleak and formidable horror that’s not for the squeamish by Neil Baker 1st March 2019
Film and Television·Rewind Addiction on Film – the socio-economic divides present between Beautiful Boy (2018) and The Basketball Diaries (1995) by Neil Baker 11th February 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind A Christmas Carol ‘Scrooge’ (1951) rewind review – Sim’s magnificent performance has often been copied and never been bettered by Neil Baker 24th December 2018
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) rewind review – even when it seems like there’s nowhere to turn, loved ones are there to help us find a new path by Neil Baker 17th December 2018
Film and Television·Rewind E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – the magical story of Elliott and his alien friend speaks to the child in all of us. by Neil Baker 1st December 2018
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Hocus Pocus (1993) rewind review – like many ’80s and ’90s films, Kenny Ortega’s movie was saved by VHS by Neil Baker 30th October 2018
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Short Films Cinéorama Capsule Reviews 2022 – 2025 – quick-read reviews, from a deadly attack of killer oranges to the tender tale of a man and a wildcat by Neil Baker 1st September 2018
1 The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch
2 The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp
3 Bundle (BFI London Film Festival) review – a young man’s world collapses into a suffocating nightmare of no escape in Milillo’s powerful short
4 The Last Snow (BFI London Film Festival) review – a masterclass in using light, colour, and shadow to create nail-biting moments of terror
5 The Last Ship (review) – the vast stage is filled not only by the ship itself, but by the voices of the people who built it
6 A new exhibition exploring the design and production of LAIKA’s new stop-motion film Wildwood opens at the Design Museum this October
7 TV Choice: From 7 Up to 70 Up, Calum Cooper looks back at the TV experiment that became one of the greatest documentary series ever made
8 Studiocanal has announced the release of a new 4K restoration of Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin (1992), starring Robert Downey Jr
9 TV Choice: The cloaks have been ironed, the fingerless gloves unpacked, and the turret dusted for The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One
10 The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain (NCCGB) is now searching for the next generation of singing talent
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