Editors' Choice·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·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
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews 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·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews 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 Television·What to Watch Titanic Sinks Tonight (BBC Two and iPlayer) – a meticulously pieced together firsthand testimony from the passengers and crew by Neil Baker 29th December 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·TV and Streaming Reviews Train Dreams (Netflix) Stream It or Skip It – a journey full of spellbinding imagery and engrossingly empathetic direction by Calum Cooper 30th November 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·TV and Streaming Reviews The Male Gaze: Heavenly Creatures (NQV Media) review – four fantastic short films exploring desire, sexuality, and religion by Neil Baker 24th November 2025
Arts The Twelfth Night of Christmas at Chiswick House promises to be an opulent and unmissable festive experience by Neil Baker 20th November 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Blue Moon (BFI London Film Festival) review – weighed down by the overwhelmingness of its style and the staleness of its substance by Calum Cooper 19th October 2025
1 La Carn (SXSW London) review – the obsession with random sex chats leads to a problematic question of consent 8th June 2026
2 Kevin’s Series of Unfortunate Events (Tribeca Festival) review – a fabulously flirtatious, farcical and fast-paced delight 8th June 2026
3 Summer of Three (Tribeca Festival) review – a sun-kissed portrait of youth, love and loss in Puerto Rico 8th June 2026
4 Hormonal Highs – six hot and heavy films that take us from a dance floor in New York to an isolated Blue Lagoon 8th June 2026
5 Barrio Triste (SXSW London) review – Stillz’s debut feature leaves you both breathless and disoriented as the credits roll 6th June 2026
6 Sad Girlz (Tribeca Festival) review – Tovar’s Double Berlinale Winner is a stunning reflection of girlhood and trauma 6th June 2026
7 Verse (Tribeca Festival) review – Noam Argov explores the interface between our online and offline worlds in this urgent and timely short film 6th June 2026
8 DISC (Tribeca Festival) review – Blake Rice’s one-night stand short is as acidically sweet as a lemon dipped in sugar 6th June 2026
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