Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential by Neil Baker 20th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Hope is a Word (Sheffield DocFest) review – a collective fight for change, rich with poetry, power, and personal stories by Daisy Grace Greetham 20th June 2026
Film and Television·Film and TV News Nightsleeper sets sail for a second series on BBC One and iPlayer, with filming set to start in Belfast later this year by Neil Baker 19th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews 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 Television·Film Reviews The Sheep Detectives (review) – Kyle Balda’s tale of a fearless flock of out-to-pasture detectives is full of humour and heart by Calum Cooper 8th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews 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
Film and Television·Film Reviews The Good Boy (review) – unnerving and complex in its social themes, Komasa’s chamber piece is a twisted puzzle-box movie by Neil Baker 4th May 2026
Film and Television·Film and TV News BBC announces new legal drama, Reputation, created and written by Anya Reiss by Neil Baker 2nd May 2026
Film and Television·Film Reviews The Activist ‘Aktyvistas’ (review) – a knotty and at times thrilling exploration of extremism and division by Neil Baker 23rd April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·TV Charlotte Regan on the complicated love, family dynamics, female-led storytelling and the visual language of Mint by Neil Baker 16th April 2026
1 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
2 Robota (review) – the Schwarzman Centre reimagines Čapek’s classic in examining what it means to be human in the age of AI 25th July 2026
3 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
4 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
5 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
6 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
7 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
8 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
9 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
10 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
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