Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films The Souffleur (BFI London Film Festival) review – the inner turmoil of a man caught in the headlights of apparent change and progress by Neil Baker 20th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Duino ‘Before We Forget’ (review) – a poignant and personal portrait of first love, memory and artistic healing by Neil Baker 18th October 2024
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Boy Trouble (NQV Media) review – four short films that explore the ground-shaking power of a single encounter by Neil Baker 9th April 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films Cinéorama BFI Flare 2023: Quick Read Reviews by Neil Baker 26th March 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
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Nocturna: Side A and Side B (review) – memories, choices and decisions collide in the final moments of life by Neil Baker 15th January 2022
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ BFI London Film Festival 2020 (reviews) – our quick read film reviews from the 64th edition of the festival by Neil Baker 17th October 2020
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ End of the Century (BFI London Film Festival) review – a powerful journey into memory, regret and desire by Neil Baker 22nd September 2019
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Men of Hard Skin (BFI Flare 2019) review – sex, abuse and control against a backdrop of community acceptance and lies by Neil Baker 25th March 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Cinéorama BFI London Film Festival 2018 (reviews) by Neil Baker 22nd October 2018
1 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
2 A new exhibition exploring the design and production of LAIKA’s new stop-motion film Wildwood opens at the Design Museum this October
3 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
4 Studiocanal has announced the release of a new 4K restoration of Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin (1992), starring Robert Downey Jr
5 TV Choice: The cloaks have been ironed, the fingerless gloves unpacked, and the turret dusted for The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One
6 The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain (NCCGB) is now searching for the next generation of singing talent
7 The Intimacy Coordinator (review): Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s short film is bold in its perspective and bursting with potential
8 The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards, taking place in London this November
9 Queer Theatre is auctioning a Star Trek: Picard script belonging to Marina Sirtis, with all proceeds supporting LGBTQIA+ theatre-makers
10 A Tale of Two Cities (review): After 90 years, Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud’s adaptation finally comes to life on stage
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