Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date by Neil Baker 15th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Short Films Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst by Neil Baker 6th September 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ MUBI has released new images for Lukas Dhont’s Coward, which had its World Premiere in Competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival by Neil Baker 19th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films The Male Gaze: Courage Under Fire (NQV Media) review – a sublime must-own collection of short films exploring courage in its many forms by Neil Baker 3rd August 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential by Neil Baker 20th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·In Focus·LGBTQ+·Rewind Hormonal Highs: Six hot and heavy films that take us from a dance floor in New York to an isolated Blue Lagoon by Neil Baker 8th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television L’étranger (The Stranger) review: François Ozon’s masterful adaptation is an alluring, challenging exploration of the absurdity of justice by Neil Baker 18th March 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Truly Naked (Berlinale) review – d’Ansembourg’s film is daring and explicit, yet always sensitive in its complex discourse by Neil Baker 19th February 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·In Focus·LGBTQ+ Mikko Mäkelä talks about his new film Sebastian, intimacy, art, and sex work in the digital age by Neil Baker 3rd April 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Sebastian (review) – Mikko Mäkelä’s fearless exploration of sex and artistic immersion is bold, enthralling and enticing by Neil Baker 5th July 2024
1 Wild Horse Nine (review): Anchoring this funny, poignant mix of gallows humour and rumination is John Malkovich’s best performance in years
2 TV Choice: From tropical seas to open oceans and the deep, Blue Planet III on BBC One ventures deeper beneath the waves than ever before
3 Wicker (review): Fischer and Wilson’s film dilutes its strengths with passive protagonists, and storytelling as flaunting as it is meandering
4 Rooftop Revolution (review): Hyejin Shin’s play, directed by Gain Amy Park, offers us a gentle reminder that you are not alone
5 Berlinale announces the world premiere of Brett Morgen’s immersive David Bowie “Stage” at the Uber Arena next February
6 Wildwood (review): Laika returns with a riveting and utterly spellbinding feast for the eyes and mind
7 TV Choice: Enjoy a bubbling cauldron full of scary films, TV terrors, and spooky sounds on BBC iPlayer and Sounds this Halloween
8 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
9 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
10 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
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