Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films Chime (Berlinale) short film review – a beguiling, unsettling and horrifying masterclass in slow-burn terror by Neil Baker 24th February 2024
Film and Television·Rewind Art, horror, fashion, food and bodily gas in Peter Strickland’s wickedly absurd Flux Gourmet and In Fabric by Neil Baker 23rd September 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Kings & Queens – a coronation-worthy collection of movies and shows by Neil Baker 6th May 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Love Sucks! and these fifteen movies prove it! by Neil Baker 5th February 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Triangle of Sadness (BFI London Film Festival) review – a vicious satire that harbours dark observations on society by Emma Duffy 14th October 2022
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films FrightFest Bites 2022 – a collection of quick read reviews from this year’s FrightFest London by Neil Baker 18th August 2022
Film and Television The Feast (Gwledd) review – Lee Haven Jones’ feature debut is one hell of a creepy horror buffet by Neil Baker 18th August 2022
Film and Television Master Cheng (review) – as warm as a Finnish sauna on a cold day by Agnes Sajti 7th March 2022
Film and Television A Banquet (review) – a sensory overload of psychological horror by Jasmine Valentine 28th February 2022
Film and Television The Birthday Cake (review) – Jimmy Giannopoulos’ movie looked promising but failed to rise in the oven by Neil Baker 11th July 2021
1 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
2 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
3 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
4 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
5 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
6 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
7 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
8 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
9 Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming
10 These Violent Delights (review): Hampson and Sansom’s passionate take on Romeo and Juliet marks the arrival of a new generation
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