Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Guide (Volume Two) by Neil Baker 3rd July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Rewind Footloose (1984) rewind review – an early ’80s gift that many mistakenly dismiss as a mere musical jukebox movie by Neil Baker 13th June 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ La Carn (SXSW London) review – the obsession with random sex chats leads to a problematic question of consent by Rino Lu 8th June 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Short Films GENER8ION: VISIONS OF 2034, a new exhibition by Romain Gavras and Surkin to open at 180 Studios, London by Neil Baker 1st June 2026
Music and Dance·Theatre NYMT celebrates its 50th anniversary with His Majesty The King and Patron Sir Idris Elba at a landmark event by Neil Baker 15th May 2026
Music and Dance·Theatre Karen Hauer and Nadiya Bychkova are set to light up the stage with Nikita Kuzmin: Supernova, touring this summer by Neil Baker 8th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance Your Guide to The Eurovision Song Contest 2026, taking place in Vienna, and broadcasting live across BBC TV and Radio by Neil Baker 5th May 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Rewind Rip It Up: A UK-wide season of film, TV and events celebrating 75 years of youth culture presented by BFI Film Audience Network by Neil Baker 1st May 2026
Music and Dance·Theatre London City Ballet’s 2026 tour will see them perform at 17 venues across five countries in the UK, USA and Europe by Neil Baker 29th April 2026
Film and Television·Music and Dance Michael (review) – mechanical storytelling and a sanitised portrayal so vacant of nuance or substance only leave one unsettled by Calum Cooper 29th April 2026
1 Tunnels: Sun in the Dark (Fantasia Film Festival) review – an immersive, subterranean war drama lost in its own labyrinth 30th July 2026
2 Billy Liar (1963) rewind review – Schlesinger’s truly stunning coming-of-age film continues to speak to the experiences of young people today 29th July 2026
3 The Mortuary Assistant (review) – Jeremiah Kipp’s horror game adaptation juggles supernatural terror and psychological torment 27th July 2026
4 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
5 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
6 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
7 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
8 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
9 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
10 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
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