Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film and TV News·Music and Dance Celebrate the World Premiere of Comparsa at Sheffield DocFest, with street performance from Lupe Pérez and Lesli Canales Pérez by Neil Baker 18th June 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film and TV News·Music and Dance Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral – first look at James Slater’s music documentary premiering at Sheffield Doc Fest by Neil Baker 18th June 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ It’s Dorothy! (Tribeca Festival) review – ease on down the road with McHale’s fascinating but far too busy love letter to Dorothy Gale by Neil Baker 13th June 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Music and Dance Bee Wild creates a buzz, His Majesty King Charles III pays a visit, and Madame Gandhi talks ecology and music on days four and five of SXSW London by Neil Baker 7th June 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film and TV News·Music and Dance Tribeca Festival opens with the world premiere of the highly anticipated HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So it Goes by Neil Baker 5th June 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Ocean with David Attenborough (review) – one of the year’s most important and urgent documentaries by Calum Cooper 22nd May 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Sheffield DocFest announces the full programme for its 32nd Edition by Neil Baker 10th May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Riefenstahl (review) – a captivating portrait of artistic endeavour, denied complicity and a fractured facade by Neil Baker 5th May 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film and TV News Sheffield DocFest has announced the appointment of three new board trustees by Neil Baker 7th April 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Sergio Rigoletto looks back at the stand-out films, the politics and the protests of Berlinale 2025 by Sergio Rigoletto 29th March 2025
1 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
2 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
3 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
4 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
5 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
6 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
7 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
8 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
9 Pimple (Fantasia Film Festival) review – Alle’s story of a toxic pimple, a sebum monster and bullies about to meet a sticky end is a delight 19th July 2026
10 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre 18th July 2026
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