Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Elsinore (BFI London Film Festival) review: Scott’s powerful performance drives Stone’s exquisite story of Charleson’s Hamlet by Neil Baker 11th October 2026
Film and Television The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch by Calum Cooper 9th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp by Neil Baker 8th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Theatre A Tale of Two Cities (review): After 90 years, Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud’s adaptation finally comes to life on stage by Jane Jung 24th September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Sense and Sensibility (review) – Oakley and Reid’s adaptation flourishes with vivid visuals and ebullient performances by Calum Cooper 23rd September 2026
Editors' Choice·Theatre The Oresteia (review): What Stone brings from Greek tragedy into the present is not the myth but the people by Jane Jung 9th September 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The 70th BFI London Film Festival announces official competition titles and the opening and closing films for the 2026 festival by Neil Baker 17th August 2026
LGBTQ+·Theatre Mammy’s House shines a light on untold stories of the Irish LGBTQ+ community during the AIDS crisis at Upstairs at the Gatehouse by Neil Baker 7th August 2026
Editors' Choice·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre Pride (review) – while there is much to love in this National Theatre musical adaptation, there is also something profoundly missing by Emma Duffy 4th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: BBC Two and iPlayer celebrate writer-directors with a season of BBC-backed film premieres by Neil Baker 31st July 2026
1 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
2 Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming
3 These Violent Delights (review): Hampson and Sansom’s passionate take on Romeo and Juliet marks the arrival of a new generation
4 Stolen Memories (BFI London Film Festival) review: Davidsen’s film isn’t afraid to tackle knotty discussions on the reliability of memory
5 Ketticè (BFI London Film Festival) review: Tortorici’s film rejects all rules and forges its own path, just like the teens it follows
6 Franz & Marie (review): Howard and Oakley’s poignant tragedy comes to life through folk music and performance
7 Elsinore (BFI London Film Festival) review: Scott’s powerful performance drives Stone’s exquisite story of Charleson’s Hamlet
8 The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch
9 The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp
10 Bundle (BFI London Film Festival) review – a young man’s world collapses into a suffocating nightmare of no escape in Milillo’s powerful short
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