Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Guide (Volume One) by Neil Baker 25th June 2026
Arts and Culture News·Film and Arts Festivals·LGBTQ+ London Indian Film Festival returns for its 17th year with a rich array of cutting-edge new cinema premieres by Neil Baker 18th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·In Focus·LGBTQ+ Hormonal Highs: Six hot and heavy films that take us from a dance floor in New York to an isolated Blue Lagoon by Neil Baker 8th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·In Focus Our Hero, Balthazar: an unsettling and urgent exploration of masculinity, class divide and extremism in our social media age by Neil Baker 6th May 2026
Arts and Culture News·Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre Hoopla Festival announces the full artist line-up for its 20th anniversary season in London Bridge by Neil Baker 9th April 2026
Editors' Choice·In Focus·Theatre As Noah Jupe and Sadie Sink take to the stage in Romeo & Juliet, Jane Jung explores the endlessly reimagined Shakespeare classic by Jane Jung 1st April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·In Focus·LGBTQ+ Turbulent Teens: 16 coming-of-age movies exploring the rollercoaster of adolescent life, love and belonging by Neil Baker 27th February 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·In Focus Revenge, rebellion and oppression in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale and Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang by Neil Baker 8th February 2025
Film and Television·In Focus·LGBTQ+ Coming of age under the midsummer sun in Leonie Krippendorff’s Cocoon and Katie Found’s My First Summer by Neil Baker 26th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·In Focus The Shawshank Redemption (1994): So engrossing and delicately crafted that its tenth viewing is as poignant and captivating as its first by Calum Cooper 24th September 2024
1 La Bola Negra (review): Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s film is an ode to LGBTQ+ resilience, both historical and contemporary
2 The Great British Theatres Awards, organised by Theatres Trust, announce the winners of the inaugural awards at a star-studded ceremony
3 Wild Horse Nine (review): Anchoring this funny, poignant mix of gallows humour and rumination is John Malkovich’s best performance in years
4 TV Choice: From tropical seas to open oceans and the deep, Blue Planet III on BBC One ventures deeper beneath the waves than ever before
5 Wicker (review): Fischer and Wilson’s film dilutes its strengths with passive protagonists, and storytelling as flaunting as it is meandering
6 Rooftop Revolution (review): Hyejin Shin’s play, directed by Gain Amy Park, offers us a gentle reminder that you are not alone
7 Berlinale announces the world premiere of Brett Morgen’s immersive David Bowie “Stage” at the Uber Arena next February
8 Wildwood (review): Laika returns with a riveting and utterly spellbinding feast for the eyes and mind
9 TV Choice: Enjoy a bubbling cauldron full of scary films, TV terrors, and spooky sounds on BBC iPlayer and Sounds this Halloween
10 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
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