Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Wandering Hearts (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring the wanderer born of love, separation, oppression or choice by Neil Baker 26th May 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Kiss Me (NQV Media) review – a thoughtful and eclectic mix of short stories exploring love by Neil Baker 10th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Where To? (Berlinale) review – an assured and poignant exploration of repressed and intergenerational trauma by Neil Baker 20th February 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Wild Youth (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring place, passion and personal courage by Neil Baker 26th January 2026
Theatre Salomé (review) – a visually stunning spectacle that never quite captures the power of Wilde’s words by Neil Baker 1st October 2025
Theatre Gesher Theatre presents Oscar Wilde’s Salome at the Theatre Royal Haymarket this Autumn by Neil Baker 11th July 2025
Film and Television What’s new on BBC iPlayer this week – Showtrial, Alma’s Not Normal, Surviving October 7th, One Day in Gaza and more by Neil Baker 6th October 2024
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Fleeting Glances (NQV Media) – the random moments, meetings and connections that shape our hopes and desires by Neil Baker 4th June 2022
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Heartbeats (NQV Media) review – life can be complicated, and our relationships with others even more so by Neil Baker 4th July 2021
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Pure Feels (NQV Media) review – a delightful, fascinating and engaging collection of female short films by Neil Baker 23rd April 2021
1 The Mortuary Assistant (review) – Jeremiah Kipp’s horror game adaptation juggles supernatural terror and psychological torment 27th July 2026
2 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
3 Robota (review) – the Schwarzman Centre reimagines Čapek’s classic in examining what it means to be human in the age of AI 25th July 2026
4 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
5 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
6 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
7 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
8 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
9 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
10 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
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