Film and Television 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·LGBTQ+ Little Trouble Girls (review) – a visually spellbinding and strikingly acted gem of a film by Calum Cooper 8th September 2025
Film and Television·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·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Theatre Get Real (1998) review: Shore’s movie is an honest, upfront, and groundbreaking portrayal of the 1990s gay teenage experience by Neil Baker 18th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind TV Choice: Return to Byker Grove as the groundbreaking teen drama streams for the first time on STV Player and ITVX by Neil Baker 14th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind 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·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 Lemonade Blessing (Tribeca Festival) review – a wickedly funny and joyously blasphemous debut feature by Neil Baker 12th June 2025
Music and Dance·Theatre The cast for Rebecca Taichman’s UK Premiere of Sing Street at Lyric Hammersmith has been announced by Neil Baker 17th May 2025
Music and Dance·Theatre The Mad Ones (review) – Kerrigan and Lowdermilk’s musical finds its voice through a great ensemble cast by Emma Duffy 11th May 2025
1 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
2 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
3 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
4 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
5 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
6 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
7 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
8 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
9 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
10 Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming
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