Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Seed of the Sacred Fig (review) – a riveting political drama as radical as it is suspenseful by Calum Cooper 12th February 2025
Editors' Choice·Theatre What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (review) – a brave, bold and urgent exploration of religion, nationhood and identity by Neil Baker 16th October 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television My Sweet Land (Sheffield DocFest Review) – a powerful, urgent and intimate exploration of inter-generational trauma by Neil Baker 17th June 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Strike: An Uncivil War (Sheffield DocFest) review – an urgent exploration of willful community destruction, unrestrained power and injustice by Neil Baker 17th June 2024
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Theatre Message in a Bottle (review): Sadler’s Wells’ awe-inspiring and urgent production is coming to UK cinemas by Neil Baker 26th May 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) – a defiant cry for human rights and an end to oppression by Neil Baker 1st October 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films Cinéorama BFI Flare 2023: Quick Read Reviews by Neil Baker 26th March 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Flee (review) – a stunning, emotional and urgent conversation on human rights by Neil Baker 12th February 2022
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Brother’s Keeper (BFI London Film Festival) review – a haunting story of oppression, neglect and control by Neil Baker 8th October 2021
Film and Television The Collini Case (review) – war crimes airbrushed from history as a need to rebuild overtakes a desire for justice by Neil Baker 8th September 2021
1 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
2 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
3 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
4 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
5 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
6 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
7 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
8 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
9 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
10 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
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