Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance TV Choice: What’s waiting under the tree on Netflix this Christmas by Neil Baker 27th November 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 Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Queer (BFI LFF Review) – erotic yet distant, beautiful but ugly and melancholic yet jubilant by Neil Baker 9th December 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (BFI London Film Festival) review – enough twists and turns to satisfy fans of the classic whodunnit by Emma Duffy 11th November 2022
Film and Television·Rewind The Best of Bond, James Bond – Sixty years of vodka martinis, Machiavellian villains and masterful action by Neil Baker 24th July 2022
Film and Television·Rewind Road to Perdition (2002) – a story populated by ghosts and haunted by past choices by Neil Baker 24th July 2022
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Knives Out (BFI London Film Festival) review – a glorious modern whodunit full of humour, wit, energy and charm by Neil Baker 11th October 2019
1 The Intimacy Coordinator (review): Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s short film is bold in its perspective and bursting with potential
2 The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards, taking place in London this November
3 Queer Theatre is auctioning a Star Trek: Picard script belonging to Marina Sirtis, with all proceeds supporting LGBTQIA+ theatre-makers
4 A Tale of Two Cities (review): After 90 years, Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud’s adaptation finally comes to life on stage
5 TV Choice: Break Clause – Moving on is hard, moving out is even harder in Jess Bray’s new Channel 4 comedy/drama
6 Sense and Sensibility (review) – Oakley and Reid’s adaptation flourishes with vivid visuals and ebullient performances
7 Premature (review): Kevin Walls’ debut feature is rough around the edges, but its sincerity and thematic observations are easy to admire
8 Shrimp Fried Rice (review) – sizzling, satisfying and scrumptious, Dylan Pun’s salty-sweet short film is now streaming on YouTube
9 The Children (review) – Kirkwood’s exploration of social responsibility raises a deeply personal question: What would I do?
10 TV Choice: Tantalising temptations or collective sacrifice to win the game? Tempting Fortune returns to Channel 4 for a third series
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