Film and Television Fuze (review) – impressively crafted, but unable to find the necessary balance between its plotlines by Calum Cooper 3rd April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television L’Étranger (The Stranger) review – Ozon’s masterful adaptation is an alluring and challenging exploration of the absurdity of justice by Neil Baker 18th March 2026
Film and Television How to Make a Killing (review) – Patton Ford’s movie is too meek to be a dark drama and too self-conscious to lean into full bleak comedy by Calum Cooper 11th March 2026
Film and Television Mercy (review) – the only mercy in this ludicrous stinker is the end credits by Calum Cooper 26th January 2026
Film and Television·Rewind Cutting Class (1989) rewind review – should we write off Pallenberg’s movie as a straight-to-VHS dud? Absolutely not! by Neil Baker 22nd January 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Peter Sellers Centenary Collection from StudioCanal – the British Lion years announce Sellers’ arrival on the silver screen by Neil Baker 20th January 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman and Noah Jupe discuss the danger, espionage and suspense at the heart of The Night Manager series two by Neil Baker 1st January 2026
Film and Television·Music and Dance What to Watch on Netflix this Christmas by Neil Baker 27th November 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Wasteman (BFI London Film Festival) review – bold and breathless in its intensity, McMau’s film is a fearless feature debut by Neil Baker 22nd October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television No Other Choice (BFI London Film Festival) review – Park Chan-wook’s newest film is dark and bizarre but uniquely engrossing by Calum Cooper 17th October 2025
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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