Editors' Choice·LGBTQ+·Theatre Dead Hard – Bertie Watkins on high heels, iconic villains, immersive experiences and accessibility by Neil Baker 6th December 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Hugo (2011) Rewind review – Scorsese celebrates Méliès artistry and vision through a fantastic clockwork world by Neil Baker 3rd December 2024
Theatre Odd and the Frost Giants (review) – a festive show that deserves praise for its creativity and ambition by Neil Baker 2nd December 2024
Film and Television·Rewind Jack Frost (1998) rewind review – It may be somewhat dark and occasionally clumsy, but Troy Miller’s film wears its heart on its sleeve by Neil Baker 1st December 2024
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance TV Choice: Celebrate Christmas across the BBC with our pick of 2024’s best festive shows by Neil Baker 1st December 2024
Film and Television Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (review) – a festive mosaic of collective and individual memory by Neil Baker 23rd November 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films Christmas, 1978 (short film) review – silence leads to separation in rural Devon by Neil Baker 10th November 2024
Film and Television·Theatre National Theatre presents a smorgasbord of festive delights this Christmas by Neil Baker 4th November 2024
Theatre Shakespeare North Playhouse announces the creative team for an inventive retelling of Alice in Wonderland by Neil Baker 25th June 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Holdovers (review) – a cinematic treasure that deserves to be savoured like a fine wine by Neil Baker 31st December 2023
1 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
2 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
3 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
4 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
5 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
6 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
7 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
8 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
9 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
10 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
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