Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Mastermind (BFI London Film Festival) review – Reichardt’s movie is as tragically farcical as it is deceptively thrilling by Calum Cooper 16th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Diva (1981) – an intoxicating and playful crossroads in French cinema that is both fascinating and alluring by Neil Baker 29th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Blue Lights (series three) – Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson discuss the return of the Belfast-based police drama by Neil Baker 24th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Agatha Christie Collection – four stunning, must-own 4K restorations in one essential box set from StudioCanal by Neil Baker 10th September 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is to open the 69th BFI London Film Festival by Neil Baker 5th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Smoke (Apple TV+) review – watch the tinderbox ignite in this beautifully crafted slice of TV drama by Neil Baker 28th July 2025
Film and Television Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers explores the horrors, the investigation and the legacy of July 2005, 20 years on by Neil Baker 5th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance What to Watch this July, from crime drama to comedy and classical music by Neil Baker 4th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Inside (Tribeca Festival) review – an exceptional and complex debut feature full of fury, tension and unbridled dramatic power by Neil Baker 9th June 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Deep Cover (SXSW London) review – a fun, devlishly dark, fast-paced comedic joy ride by Neil Baker 8th June 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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