Film and Television·Film Reviews Brave the Dark (review) – a predictable and comforting tale of a small-town Good Samaritan by Neil Baker 15th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Little Trouble Girls (review) – a visually spellbinding and strikingly acted gem of a film by Calum Cooper 8th September 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Secrets and Lies (NQV Media) review – six sizzling short films exploring secrets, lies, love and friendship by Neil Baker 8th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Rewind Reviews·Theatre Get Real (1998) – an honest, upfront, and groundbreaking depiction of the 1990s teenage gay experience by Neil Baker 18th August 2025
Film and Television·Rewind·TV Return to Byker Grove as the groundbreaking teen drama becomes available to stream for the first time ever on STV Player and ITVX by Neil Baker 14th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews The Graduate (1967) – Nichols’ film more than earns its place among the greatest American movies ever made by Neil Baker 7th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Breaking Dawn (NQV Media) review – “Everything will look better in the morning” by Neil Baker 14th June 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Lemonade Blessing (Tribeca Festival) review – a wickedly funny and joyously blasphemous debut feature by Neil Baker 12th June 2025
Editors' Choice·Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre News Cast announced for the UK Premiere of Sing Street at Lyric Hammersmith by Neil Baker 17th May 2025
Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre Reviews The Mad Ones (review) – Kerrigan and Lowdermilk’s musical finds its voice through a great ensemble cast by Emma Duffy 11th May 2025
1 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
2 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
3 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
4 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
5 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
6 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
7 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
8 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre 18th July 2026
9 The Last First Time (review) – an uncompromising and intoxicating portrait of first sex, infatuation, queer joy and escape 17th July 2026
10 FrightFest announces its programme for the 27th edition of the UK’s leading horror & fantasy film festival 16th July 2026
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