Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Hormonal Highs – six hot and heavy films that take us from a dance floor in New York to an isolated Blue Lagoon by Neil Baker 8th June 2026
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 Sad Girlz (Tribeca Festival) review – Tovar’s Double Berlinale Winner is a stunning reflection of girlhood and trauma by Daisy Grace Greetham 6th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films Verse (Tribeca Festival) review – Noam Argov explores the interface between our online and offline worlds in this urgent and timely short film by Neil Baker 6th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Ginger Snaps Trilogy from Second Sight Films (rewind review) – the monstrous cult classics in one brand new Blu-ray collection by Daisy Grace Greetham 30th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Orphan (review) – an intimate and complex journey through a formative stage in one boy’s burgeoning sense of masculinity by Neil Baker 13th May 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Jimpa (review) – Sophie Hyde’s movie never finds its dramatic, historical or contemporary queer voice by Neil Baker 12th May 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Kiss Me (NQV Media) review – a thoughtful and eclectic mix of short stories exploring love by Neil Baker 10th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Our Hero, Balthazar (review) – an unsettling and urgent exploration of masculinity, class divide and extremism in our social media age by Neil Baker 6th May 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Rewind Rip It Up: A UK-wide season of film, TV and events celebrating 75 years of youth culture presented by BFI Film Audience Network by Neil Baker 1st May 2026
1 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
2 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
3 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
4 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
5 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
6 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
7 Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming
8 These Violent Delights (review): Hampson and Sansom’s passionate take on Romeo and Juliet marks the arrival of a new generation
9 Stolen Memories (BFI London Film Festival) review: Davidsen’s film isn’t afraid to tackle knotty discussions on the reliability of memory
10 Ketticè (BFI London Film Festival) review: Tortorici’s film rejects all rules and forges its own path, just like the teens it follows
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