Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews Michael (review) – mechanical storytelling and a sanitised portrayal so vacant of nuance or substance only leave one unsettled by Calum Cooper 29th April 2026
Film and Television·Film and TV News·TV and Streaming·What to Watch A Tale of Two Cities – first look at Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack in the new BBC and MGM+ adaptation of Dickens’ classic by Neil Baker 30th March 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ·UK Festivals Out Laws (BFI Flare) review – a thoughtful, urgent, and personal journey into colonial legacy, human rights, and history by Neil Baker 29th March 2026
Film and Television·TV and Streaming·What to Watch Ella Bruccoleri, Ruth Jones and Richard E. Grant discuss The Other Bennet Sister, coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer by Neil Baker 12th March 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·UK Festivals Franz (Kinoteka) review – Agnieszka Holland creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of Franz Kafka’s life and impact by Daisy Grace Greetham 4th March 2026
Theatre·Theatre News Guildford Shakespeare Company announces a landmark spring 2026 season rooted in community and creativity by Neil Baker 25th February 2026
Europe Festivals·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Wolfram (Berlinale) review – Thornton’s film is a powerful and visceral big-screen experience that lacks cohesion by Neil Baker 24th February 2026
Editors' Choice·Europe Festivals·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ Rose (Berlinale) review – a haunting folk tale where historical and contemporary discussions on gender identity merge by Neil Baker 23rd February 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind Classics·Rewind Reviews 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·Theatre·Theatre News Full casting has been announced for Pride a new musical at the National Theatre by Neil Baker 21st January 2026
1 National Theatre releases new research exploring the impact of youth theatre ahead of Connections and New Views Festivals this summer 20th May 2026
2 It’s a Charlie Brown and Snoopy Summer on Apple TV with an exciting collection of new and classic Peanuts stories 20th May 2026
3 Leaving Las Vegas (1995) rewind review – a haunting epitaph and a powerful exploration of unconditional love, beauty and pain 18th May 2026
4 NYMT celebrates its 50th anniversary with His Majesty The King and Patron Sir Idris Elba at a landmark event 15th May 2026
6 Curzon announces its new flagship venue, Curzon Chelsea, on London’s iconic King’s Road 14th May 2026
7 The Arts at Marble Arch, powered by TodayTix, reveals first details of the brand-new 594-seat West End venue 14th May 2026
8 Orphan (review) – an intimate and complex journey through a formative stage in one boy’s burgeoning sense of masculinity 13th May 2026
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