Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·TV What’s new on BBC iPlayer this week – We Might Regret This, Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience and more by Neil Baker 18th August 2024
Editors' Choice·Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre Reviews Into the Woods (review) – National Youth Music Theatre knocks the ball out of the woods by Neil Baker 10th August 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews·TV My Neighbour Totoro (1988) – Studio Ghibli’s masterpiece recreates childlike wonder with rapturous abundance by Calum Cooper 6th August 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film and TV News·LGBTQ+·TV We take a first look at Heartstopper series three by Neil Baker 8th July 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Short Films Scraps (short film) Dances with Films Review – the first tentative steps towards an emerging love by Neil Baker 27th June 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Short Films Church Camp (short film) Dances with Films review – to come out, or not to come out, that is the question by Neil Baker 26th June 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Boy and the Suit of Lights (Sheffield DocFest Review) – past and present collide in Inma de Reyes’ delicate coming-of-age documentary by Neil Baker 20th June 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Inside Out 2 (review) – a fun, exciting and empathetic exploration of teenage feelings and emotions by Calum Cooper 18th June 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Griffin in Summer (Tribeca) review – a heartwarming, honest and hilarious portrait of a highly strung boy’s first crush by Neil Baker 10th June 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Short Films Dirty Towel (short film) Tribeca Review – a short, salient and sensitive exploration of sexual shame by Neil Baker 8th June 2024
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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