Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews Michael (review) – mechanical storytelling and a sanitised portrayal so vacant of nuance or substance only leave one unsettled by Calum Cooper 29th April 2026
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·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming Brave the Dark (Stream It or Skip It) – a predictable and comforting tale of a small town Good Samaritan by Neil Baker 15th September 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
1 National Theatre releases new research exploring the impact of youth theatre ahead of Connections and New Views Festivals this summer 20th May 2026
2 It’s a Charlie Brown and Snoopy Summer on Apple TV with an exciting collection of new and classic Peanuts stories 20th May 2026
3 Leaving Las Vegas (1995) rewind review – a haunting epitaph and a powerful exploration of unconditional love, beauty and pain 18th May 2026
4 NYMT celebrates its 50th anniversary with His Majesty The King and Patron Sir Idris Elba at a landmark event 15th May 2026
6 Curzon announces its new flagship venue, Curzon Chelsea, on London’s iconic King’s Road 14th May 2026
7 The Arts at Marble Arch, powered by TodayTix, reveals first details of the brand-new 594-seat West End venue 14th May 2026
8 Orphan (review) – an intimate and complex journey through a formative stage in one boy’s burgeoning sense of masculinity 13th May 2026
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