Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Theatre Greatest Days (review) – Could it be magic? You bet it is! by Neil Baker 11th June 2023
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Touch and Go (NQV Media) review – four shorts that explore the power of a single human touch by Neil Baker 8th June 2023
Film and Television·Film Reviews Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (review) – a triumphant adaptation of a loved classic by Calum Cooper 17th May 2023
Film and Television·Film Reviews Kindling (review) – as gentle as a summer breeze and as beautiful as a star-studded sky by Neil Baker 13th May 2023
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Weird Science (1985) rewind review – Hughes’s movie understands the teenage male mind better than it is given credit for by Neil Baker 4th May 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Winter Boy (review) – Honoré’s profoundly personal story of teenage grief pulls no punches yet maintains glimmers of hope by Neil Baker 2nd May 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Short Films The Perpetrators (short film) BFI Flare review – an urgent and atmospheric inquiry into the state-sanctioned oppression of gay men. by Neil Baker 25th March 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Before I Change My Mind (review) BFI Flare – labels are for packaging, not people by Neil Baker 23rd March 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Big Boys (BFI Flare) – Corey Sherman on first crushes, summer camp vibes and brotherly love by Neil Baker 17th March 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Egghead & Twinkie (review) BFI Flare – Sarah Kamba Holland’s road trip movie is a pure delight by Neil Baker 17th March 2023
1 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
2 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
3 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
4 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
5 Blue Mist (UK Tour) review – Who has the authority to define another person’s story? And who decides what counts as an “authentic voice?” 21st July 2026
6 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
7 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
8 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
9 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 19th July 2026
10 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre 18th July 2026
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