Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Freistatt (2015) rewind review – harrowing and brutally honest in its exploration of state and church-sanctioned abuse by Neil Baker 31st January 2026
Music and Dance Adam Donen announces his fifth album, Bible Stories and shares the first single, ‘What Doesn’t End’ by Neil Baker 27th January 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Land of Mine ‘Under Sandet’ (2015) rewind review – Zandvliet’s film is a stark exploration of anger, retribution and intergenerational trauma by Neil Baker 17th January 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Bridge ‘Die Brücke’ (1959) rewind review – an astonishing, emotional and powerful antiwar film that deserves far more attention by Neil Baker 17th January 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The 76th Berlinale announces Specials and the full programme for its Panorama, Generation and Classics strands by Neil Baker 15th January 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Music and Dance Composer and Artist Max Richter is to be honoured with the 2026 Berlinale Camera by Neil Baker 12th January 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ The Berlinale Celebrates 40 Years of the Teddy Award by Neil Baker 10th January 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Open Secrets (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring the space between secrecy and public knowledge by Neil Baker 29th December 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Berlinale confirms the first titles in its Panorama and Generation strands for 2026 by Neil Baker 18th December 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Wim Wenders has been announced as Jury President of Berlinale 2026 by Neil Baker 15th December 2025
1 The Last Bath (review) – a contemplative exploration of devotion, temptation, guilt and doubt that gently grips the audience
2 Ah Girl (TIFF) review: Ang Geck Geck Priscilla shows remarkable skills with child performers in her intimate and bittersweet drama
3 Just an Illusion (review) – Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano’s heartwarming and hilarious coming-of-age film is a pure delight
4 CATS (review) – The open-air theatre in Regent’s Park becomes the cats’ secret world in this masterful new production
5 The Edinburgh Fringe Award-winning, wickedly funny and unflinching Goblin takes to the stage at the Park Theatre this November
6 Tom Daley adds the final stitch to the giant ‘Baa-Ewe’ Tapestry celebrating Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
7 The Oresteia (review): What Stone brings from Greek tragedy into the present is not the myth but the people
8 Saturday Night Live UK announces Jeff Goldblum as the first host of the new series and the addition of Freddie Meredith to the cast
9 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
10 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
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