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·Film Reviews·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming 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·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming The Male Gaze: Heavenly Creatures (NQV Media) review – four fantastic short films exploring desire, sexuality, and religion by Neil Baker 24th November 2025
Arts and Events 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+·UK Festivals 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
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·UK Festivals Hamnet (BFI London Film Festival) review – a tender, heart-aching ode to family and how loss forms the basis of great art and humanity by Calum Cooper 13th October 2025
Europe·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Tree of Knowledge (A Árvore do Conhecimento) Fantastic Fest review – a mesmerising and playful fantasia on a theme by Neil Baker 20th September 2025
Film and Television·TV and Streaming·What to Watch What to Watch (BBC One) King & Conqueror – James Norton on the struggle for power across two countries and a raging sea by Neil Baker 20th August 2025
Theatre·Theatre Reviews The Daughter of Time (review) – Reedy and Eastop ask for audience investment in historical debates that never truly spark on stage by Neil Baker 26th July 2025
2 London City Ballet’s 2026 tour will see them perform at 17 venues across five countries in the UK, USA and Europe 29th April 2026
3 Michael (review) – mechanical storytelling and a sanitised portrayal so vacant of nuance or substance only leave one unsettled 29th April 2026
4 Brighton four-piece Lime Garden drop the new video for Cross My Heart from their studio album Maybe Not Tonight 28th April 2026
5 So Bad They’re Good (rewind review) – the terrifically terrible Troll (1986) and Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) 27th April 2026
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