Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Righteous (Fantasia Film Festival) review – Faith, grief, sin, and redemption sit centre stage in Mark O’Brien’s knotty debut feature by Neil Baker 15th August 2021
Film and Television Boys from County Hell (review) – with dark humour and jump scares galore, Baugh’s movie is a gory and wickedly entertaining treat by Neil Baker 2nd August 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: Fear Street (Netflix) – Janiak achieves something rare in the teen horror genre: a trilogy of films with no weak instalment by Neil Baker 2nd July 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Carrie (1976) rewind review – a journey into the torment of a girl who simply seeks kindness in a cold, cruel world by Neil Baker 31st October 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Shining (1980): Kubrick strips away the American dream and reveals what it is: a colonial fantasy built on darker truths by Neil Baker 30th October 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Benny Loves You (FrightFest): Writer, actor and director Karl Holt on the birth of a brand-new killer cuddly toy by Neil Baker 21st October 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Village of the Damned (1960) rewind review – Wolf Rilla’s movie is a masterclass in socially reflective horror by Neil Baker 18th October 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Pit (1981) rewind review – a bizarre and darkly humorous exploration of teenage isolation, anxiety, and revenge by Neil Baker 15th October 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Christine (1983) rewind review – puts the pedal to the metal and, unlike many horrors, doesn’t run out of gas halfway through by Neil Baker 31st August 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Two Heads Creek (FrightFest 2020) – Jordan Waller on dodgy sausages, growing nationalism, and blood-splattered comedy by Neil Baker 30th August 2020
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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