Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film and TV News·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·Film and Television·Film Reviews Joy (BFI LFF Review) – the passion, fear and courage of a ten-year journey to make the impossible possible by Neil Baker 3rd November 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Wild Robot (BFI LFF Review) – the spirit of community and the beauty of environmentalism by Calum Cooper 22nd October 2024
Film and Television·Film and TV News We take a first look at The Wild Robot with a special featurette by Neil Baker 26th July 2024
Film and Television·Film and TV News·TV Lionsgate announce the digital, DVD and Blu-ray release of the BAFTA-nominated Living by Neil Baker 8th February 2023
Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Love Actually (2003) rewind review – Curtis deftly pulls off a movie that should and could have been a festive disaster by Sabastian Astley 6th December 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews Hope Gap (review) – poetic reflections on the birth and death of love by Neil Baker 6th September 2020
1 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
2 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
3 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
4 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
5 Blue Mist (UK Tour) review – Who has the authority to define another person’s story? And who decides what counts as an “authentic voice?” 21st July 2026
6 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
7 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
8 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
9 Pimple (Fantasia Film Festival) review – Alle’s story of a toxic pimple, a sebum monster and bullies about to meet a sticky end is a delight 19th July 2026
10 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre 18th July 2026
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