Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Cured (BFI Flare) review – an urgent and timely documentary exploring psychology’s darker corners by Neil Baker 17th March 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ It’s a Sin (Channel 4) review: a heartbreaking, urgent, joyous, and emotional masterpiece by Neil Baker 23rd January 2021
Film and Television Narratives of Modern Genocide (Prime Video) – Stream It or Skip It by Neil Baker 17th January 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Welcome to Chechnya (Sheffield DocFest) review – the atrocities of state-orchestrated hate and the indifference of global governments by Neil Baker 20th June 2020
Film and Television Responsible Child (BBC One) review – the ramifications of an archaic law by Neil Baker 17th December 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Buddies (1985) rewind review: Arthur J. Bressan Jr’s defiant, urgent, emotional and angry call to action by Neil Baker 1st December 2019
Film and Television For Sama (review) – strength and humanity in the face of terror and destruction by Neil Baker 17th September 2019
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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