Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·UK Festivals Franz (Kinoteka) review – Agnieszka Holland creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of Franz Kafka’s life and impact by Daisy Grace Greetham 4th March 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals Blue Moon (BFI London Film Festival) review – weighed down by the overwhelmingness of its style and the staleness of its substance by Calum Cooper 19th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·UK Festivals Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (BFI London Film Festival) review – Cooper keeps us at a distance from the man and the artist by Neil Baker 18th October 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness (review) – Depp’s movie is messy rather than creatively mercurial by Calum Cooper 10th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews A Complete Unknown (review) – engaging, elegant and alluring yet somewhat pedestrian by Calum Cooper 12th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·UK Festivals Better Man (review) – Gracey’s fabulous musical biopic isn’t monkeying around by Neil Baker 20th December 2024
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming Midas Man – Stream It or Skip It by Neil Baker 30th October 2024
Film and Television·Film Reviews Napoleon (review) – Scott’s film is big on spectacle but lacks analysis and emotional depth by Calum Cooper 22nd November 2023
Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Elvis and Judy were both monumental figures in entertainment, controlled and manipulated by the fame that made them eternal by Neil Baker 23rd September 2023
Film and Television·Film Reviews Oppenheimer (review) – a technical marvel and spectacle that deserves to be seen on the big screen by Emma Duffy 26th July 2023
1 Critically acclaimed Fringe hit Don’t Tell Dad about Diana brings ’90s Dublin, drag and Princess Diana to Underbelly Soho 20th April 2026
2 Filming begins on The Ink Factory’s production of John Le Carré’s Legacy of Spies for BBC and MGM+ 18th April 2026
3 Harvey (1950) rewind review – Koster’s bittersweet and whimsical film is an undervalued lesson in how to see the world 17th April 2026
4 Stand By Me (1986) rewind review – funny, charming, sage and forlorn, Reiner’s film is one of the greatest coming-of-age pictures of all time 17th April 2026
5 Charlotte Regan on the complicated love, family dynamics, female-led storytelling and the visual language of Mint 16th April 2026
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