Film and Television·TV Ten Pound Poms – Writer and Executive Producer Danny Brocklehurst on what’s new in series two by Neil Baker 4th March 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·TV Love is all around with these Valentine’s Day treats on BBC iPlayer by Neil Baker 9th February 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Revenge, rebellion and oppression in The Nightingale and True History of the Kelly Gang by Neil Baker 8th February 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews September 5 (review) – a well-crafted film that leaves a sour taste by Calum Cooper 6th February 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Brutalist (review) – blistering, soulful and utterly engrossing by Calum Cooper 23rd January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·TV SAS Rogue Heroes (series two) – Jack O’Connell on returning to the role of Paddy Mayne by Neil Baker 29th December 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Music and Dance·TV Beatles ’64 (Disney+) review – a beautiful love letter to four boys from Liverpool who changed the musical and cultural world by Neil Baker 29th November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Count of Monte Cristo (review) – modern French cinema at its most spectacular, adventurous, and bold by Neil Baker 27th November 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Joy (BFI LFF Review) – the passion, fear and courage of a ten-year journey to make the impossible possible by Neil Baker 3rd November 2024
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance Midas Man (review) – a worthy, if incomplete and rather too smooth biopic by Neil Baker 30th October 2024
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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