Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Barrio Triste (SXSW London) review – Stillz’s debut feature leaves you both breathless and disoriented as the credits roll by Neil Baker 6th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Monos (BFI Film Festival 2019) review – a beautiful yet haunting tale of tribalism, isolation, indoctrination and hormones by Neil Baker 19th September 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Cinéorama BFI London Film Festival 2018 (reviews) by Neil Baker 22nd October 2018
1 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
2 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
4 Leviticus: The true horror of religious fundamentalism, conversion practices and community oppression
5 Berlinale Generation at 50: The Crystal Bears are to take centre stage at the Berlinale Palast in 2027
6 Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes
7 Vleesdag (Meat Kills) FrightFest review – Smits’ slaughterhouse horror refuses to play by the established rules
8 Ithaqua (FrightFest) review – a rush to action shatters much of the tension and horror of the opening act in Walker’s movie
9 The Brook (FrightFest) review: Paul Stainthorpe’s first blood feature is an ambitious, smart, atmospheric, and engaging small-town mystery
10 TV Choice: Mia-Kate Russell’s sapphic revenge slasher, Penny Lane is Dead, streaming on Shudder, delivers one hell of a sucker punch
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