Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Firebird (BFI Flare) review – Rebane’s film exudes style, emotion and tenderness by Neil Baker 18th March 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Cured (BFI Flare) review – an urgent and timely documentary exploring psychology’s darker corners by Neil Baker 17th March 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews Judas and the Black Messiah (review) – a complex interrogation of identity, community and the power of a voice in building a movement by Sabastian Astley 14th February 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ The Capote Tapes (review) – Truman pops the celebrity bubble he adored and despised in equal measure by Neil Baker 24th January 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV It’s a Sin (Channel 4) review: a heartbreaking, urgent, joyous, and emotional masterpiece by Neil Baker 23rd January 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews·TV Narratives of Modern Genocide (Prime Video) – Stream It or Skip It by Neil Baker 17th January 2021
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Shadow Country (BFI London Film Festival) review – an intricate portrait of human fragility and community segregation by Neil Baker 5th October 2020
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Keith Haring: Street Art Boy (Sheffield DocFest) review – when does art become political activism, and when does political activism become art? by Neil Baker 26th June 2020
Film and Television·Film Reviews Fanny Lye Deliver’d (review) – the shackles of religion and control shattered, only to be forged anew by Neil Baker 26th June 2020
Film and Television·Film Reviews True History of the Kelly Gang (review) – the hormonal energy of rebellion in a brutal new world by Neil Baker 22nd February 2020
1 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
2 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
3 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
4 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
5 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
6 Blue Mist (UK Tour) review – Who has the authority to define another person’s story? And who decides what counts as an “authentic voice?” 21st July 2026
7 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
8 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
9 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
10 Pimple (Fantasia Film Festival) review – Alle’s story of a toxic pimple, a sebum monster and bullies about to meet a sticky end is a delight 19th July 2026
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