Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Rewind Rip It Up: A UK-wide season of film, TV and events celebrating 75 years of youth culture presented by BFI Film Audience Network by Neil Baker 1st May 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre Hoopla Festival announces the full artist line-up for its 20th anniversary season in London Bridge by Neil Baker 9th April 2026
Arts·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Theatre Beat the winter blues with Try January at Riverside Studios by Neil Baker 28th December 2025
Arts·Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre Collective Fringe presents a bold new programme of writing and artist-led development by Neil Baker 10th December 2025
Arts·Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre Totally Thames festival returns with an unmissable programme of immersive art installations, community-led concerts, exhibitions, and more by Neil Baker 22nd July 2025
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance Bee Wild creates a buzz, His Majesty King Charles III pays a visit, and Madame Gandhi talks ecology and music on days four and five of SXSW London by Neil Baker 7th June 2025
Arts·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance Joseph Fiennes, Dr Jane Goodall DBE, Idris Elba, Clara Amfo and Björn Ulvaeus take to the stage for SXSW London days two and three by Neil Baker 5th June 2025
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Music and Dance A host of influential public figures open day one of the inaugural SXSW London Festival in Shoreditch by Neil Baker 3rd June 2025
1 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
2 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
3 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
4 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
5 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
6 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
7 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
8 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
9 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
10 Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming
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