Editors' Choice·Film and Television Good Boys (review) – rude and crude, but full to the brim with warmth and tenderness by Neil Baker 13th August 2019
Film and Television·Music and Dance Blinded by the Light (review) – from the factories of New Jersey to the car assembly plants of Bedfordshire, Chadha’s movie shines by Neil Baker 10th August 2019
Film and Television·Music and Dance Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans (review) – a joyous musical-comedy that feels fresh and innovative by Neil Baker 28th July 2019
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Papi Chulo (BFI Flare 2019) review – a stunning and heartfelt exploration of friendship, platonic love and healing by Neil Baker 18th March 2019
Film and Television Old Boys (review) – Alex Lawther and Jonah Hauer-King are spellbinding by Neil Baker 25th February 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Cinéorama Capsule 2019 (reviews) – quick-read reviews from a Kid Who Would Be King to the end of a groundbreaking franchise by Neil Baker 7th January 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Hocus Pocus (1993) rewind review – like many ’80s and ’90s films, Kenny Ortega’s movie was saved by VHS by Neil Baker 30th October 2018
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Cinéorama BFI London Film Festival 2018 (reviews) by Neil Baker 22nd October 2018
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Short Films Cinéorama Capsule Reviews 2022 – 2025 – quick-read reviews, from a deadly attack of killer oranges to the tender tale of a man and a wildcat by Neil Baker 1st September 2018
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Cinéorama Capsule Film Reviews (2018) – from Spielberg’s Ready Player One to the gargantuan Meg and a Prayer Before Dawn by Neil Baker 7th July 2018
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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