Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films 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
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews 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
Editors' Choice·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 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
LGBTQ+·Theatre·Theatre News The full cast has been announced for a brand new production of Hugh Whitemore’s acclaimed play Breaking the Code at the Royal & Derngate by Neil Baker 22nd July 2025
Arts·Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre Totally Thames festival returns with an unmissable programme of immersive art installations, community-led concerts, exhibitions, and more by Neil Baker 22nd July 2025
Film and Television·TV Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers explores the horrors, the investigation and the legacy of July 2005, 20 years on by Neil Baker 5th July 2025
1 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
2 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
3 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
4 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
5 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
6 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
7 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
8 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
9 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
10 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre 18th July 2026
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