Film and Television Orwell: 2+2=5 (review) – Peck’s highlighting of the parallels between prose and reality is brutally effective by Calum Cooper 24th March 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television L’Étranger (The Stranger) review – Ozon’s masterful adaptation is an alluring and challenging exploration of the absurdity of justice by Neil Baker 18th March 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Franz (Kinoteka) review – Agnieszka Holland creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of Franz Kafka’s life and impact by Daisy Grace Greetham 4th March 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind War Through a Child’s Eyes: Au Revoir Les Enfants, Empire of the Sun, The Painted Bird and Come and See by Neil Baker 4th March 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Turbulent Teens – 16 coming-of-age movies exploring the rollercoaster of adolescence by Neil Baker 27th February 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Truly Naked (Berlinale) review – d’Ansembourg’s film is daring and explicit, yet always sensitive in its complex discourse by Neil Baker 19th February 2026
Music and Dance Air announce the exclusive release of Moon Safari, The Athens Concert for Record Store Day by Neil Baker 4th February 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Wild Youth (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring place, passion and personal courage by Neil Baker 26th January 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·LGBTQ+ Nigel Grimmer’s ‘Disruption’ to exhibit at the BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Gallery Café on February 18 by Neil Baker 12th January 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind In the House (2012) rewind review – a teenager builds a prison of words for a teacher who believes he is the boy’s intellectual superior by Neil Baker 11th January 2026
1 The Mortuary Assistant (review) – Jeremiah Kipp’s horror game adaptation juggles supernatural terror and psychological torment 27th July 2026
2 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
3 Robota (review) – the Schwarzman Centre reimagines Čapek’s classic in examining what it means to be human in the age of AI 25th July 2026
4 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
5 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
6 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
7 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
8 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
9 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
10 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
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