Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The 70th BFI London Film Festival announces official competition titles and the opening and closing films for the 2026 festival by Neil Baker 17th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Drowning by Numbers (1988) rewind review – Greenaway’s painterly fairy-tale of three women, three murders, and the endless games of men by Zachary Thompson 16th August 2026
Film and Television·GALECA Dorian Awards·LGBTQ+ Jacob Tierney’s Heated Rivalry scores a slapshot in GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 18th Dorian TV Awards 2026 by Neil Baker 15th August 2026
Film and Television Holy Days (review) – stale comedy and recycled road movie plot beats hold back Boltt’s film from reaching its full potential by Calum Cooper 13th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance TV Choice: Live from London, Saturday Night Live returns for a second series this September on Sky and Now by Neil Baker 12th August 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre The beauty of promise over perfection: discovering emerging artists and creative talent at Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival 50 by Jane Jung 5th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films The Male Gaze: Courage Under Fire (NQV Media) review – a sublime must-own collection of short films exploring courage in its many forms by Neil Baker 3rd August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Billy Liar (1963) rewind review – Schlesinger’s truly stunning coming-of-age film continues to speak to the experiences of young people today by Neil Baker 29th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? by Neil Baker 19th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films Pimple (Fantasia Film Festival) review – Alle’s story of a toxic pimple, a sebum monster and bullies about to meet a sticky end is a delight by Neil Baker 19th July 2026
1 Ah Girl (TIFF) review: Ang Geck Geck Priscilla shows remarkable skills with child performers in her intimate and bittersweet drama
2 Just an Illusion (review) – Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano’s heartwarming and hilarious coming-of-age film is a pure delight
3 CATS (review) – The open-air theatre in Regent’s Park becomes the cats’ secret world in this masterful new production
4 The Edinburgh Fringe Award-winning, wickedly funny and unflinching Goblin takes to the stage at the Park Theatre this November
5 Tom Daley adds the final stitch to the giant ‘Baa-Ewe’ Tapestry celebrating Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
6 The Oresteia (review): What Stone brings from Greek tragedy into the present is not the myth but the people
7 Saturday Night Live UK announces Jeff Goldblum as the first host of the new series and the addition of Freddie Meredith to the cast
8 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
9 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
10 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
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