Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television A joyous atmosphere, packed cinemas, and a busy European Film Market help make the 75th Berlinale a stand-out edition by Neil Baker 25th February 2025
Film and Television NFTS is to award its prestigious annual Honorary Fellowship to genre defining broadcaster Louis Theroux by Neil Baker 24th February 2025
Arts·Theatre Home Arches opens in Manchester providing artists with a world-class development hub by Neil Baker 24th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Brats (Tribeca Review) – Andrew McCarthy explores the power of words in defining public perception and private self-confidence by Neil Baker 12th June 2024
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: Jim Henson: Idea Man (Disney+) – a beautiful love letter to a man who changed puppetry, TV, film, and visual effects forever by Neil Baker 6th June 2024
Film and Television Curzon announces a relaunch of the specialist distribution label Artificial Eye by Neil Baker 1st May 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Sergio Rigoletto looks back at the film highlights, politics and protests of Berlinale 2024 by Sergio Rigoletto 1st April 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Frank Capra: Mr America (Venice Film Festival) review – a tantalising look at the life of the man, the showman and the enigma by Neil Baker 3rd September 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television A Bunch of Amateurs (Sheffield DocFest) – in conversation with Kim Hopkins and the Bradford Movie Makers by Neil Baker 12th July 2022
Film and Television The Real Charlie Chaplin (review) – a portrait of a genius and enigma who was electrifying, magnetic, and conflicted by Neil Baker 19th February 2022
1 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
2 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
3 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
4 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
5 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
6 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
7 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
8 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
9 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
10 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
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