Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Mikko Mäkelä discusses 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·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals The Wedding Banquet (BFI Flare Review) – Ahn’s fresh, funny and heartfelt rom-com leaves you with a warm loving glow by Emma Duffy 3rd April 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming The Male Gaze: Reality Bites (NQV Media) review – six short films exploring the moments of revelation and change by Neil Baker 30th March 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals Departures (BFI Flare Review) – Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan’s brilliant comedy drama isn’t afraid to dig deep into the gay male experience by Neil Baker 27th March 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals Four Mothers (BFI Flare) – Darren Thornton and Colin Thornton on care, casting, comedy and community by Neil Baker 25th March 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals Sandbag Dam (BFI Flare) – Čejen Černić Čanak on community, progress and the role of film in promoting social change by Neil Baker 19th March 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre News·UK Festivals The Royal Ballet and Factory International present the world premiere of A Single Man at Manchester International Festival this July by Neil Baker 11th March 2025
Editors' Choice·Europe·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Sandbag Dam (Zečji Nasip) Berlinale Review – a river of suppressed feelings overflows in Čejen Černić Čanak’s powerful drama by Neil Baker 21st February 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV and Streaming Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing on the final series of Jack Rooke’s Big Boys by Neil Baker 10th February 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film and TV News·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet will open this year’s BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival by Neil Baker 28th January 2025
1 The Good Boy (Stream It or Skip It) – unnerving and complex in its social themes, Komasa’s chamber piece is a twisted puzzle-box movie 4th May 2026
2 Say hello to a new cast of well-known faithfuls and traitors for the upcoming The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One and iPlayer 2nd May 2026
3 Hokum (review) – an atmospheric meditation on the destabilising nature of guilt and greed 2nd May 2026
5 Rip It Up: A UK-wide season of film, TV and events celebrating 75 years of youth culture presented by BFI Film Audience Network 1st May 2026
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