Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes by Neil Baker 31st August 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Vleesdag (Meat Kills) FrightFest review – Smits’ slaughterhouse horror refuses to play by the established rules by Neil Baker 31st August 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Ithaqua (FrightFest) review – a rush to action shatters much of the tension and horror of the opening act in Walker’s movie by Zachary Thompson 30th August 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Brook (FrightFest) review: Paul Stainthorpe’s first blood feature is an ambitious, smart, atmospheric, and engaging small-town mystery by Neil Baker 30th August 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Colony (FrightFest) review – a taut atmosphere and a palpable urgency make for a gripping, if rather generic, zombie horror by Calum Cooper 28th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year by Neil Baker 24th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind FrightFest announces its programme for the 27th edition of the UK’s leading horror & fantasy film festival by Neil Baker 16th July 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Tubi has been announced as the 2026 headline sponsor for FrightFest, the UK’s premier horror film festival by Neil Baker 7th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Healing Andy (FrightFest) review – a wild, wicked and always witty found footage gem by Neil Baker 24th August 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Haunting at Jack the Ripper’s House (FrightFest) review – a mildly entertaining but sadly confused haunted house flick by Neil Baker 24th August 2025
1 TV Choice: From 7 Up to 70 Up, Calum Cooper looks back at the TV experiment that became one of the greatest documentary series ever made
2 Studiocanal has announced the release of a new 4K restoration of Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin (1992), starring Robert Downey Jr
3 TV Choice: The cloaks have been ironed, the fingerless gloves unpacked, and the turret dusted for The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One
4 The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain (NCCGB) is now searching for the next generation of singing talent
5 The Intimacy Coordinator (review): Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s short film is bold in its perspective and bursting with potential
6 The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards, taking place in London this November
7 Queer Theatre is auctioning a Star Trek: Picard script belonging to Marina Sirtis, with all proceeds supporting LGBTQIA+ theatre-makers
8 A Tale of Two Cities (review): After 90 years, Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud’s adaptation finally comes to life on stage
9 TV Choice: Break Clause – Moving on is hard, moving out is even harder in Jess Bray’s new Channel 4 comedy/drama
10 Sense and Sensibility (review) – Oakley and Reid’s adaptation flourishes with vivid visuals and ebullient performances
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