Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films The Dependent Variables (BFI London Film Festival) review – the joy, uncertainty, and longing of a gentle and tentative sexual awakening by Neil Baker 5th October 2022
Film and Television·Rewind Il Sorpasso (1962) – an energetic and lively ode to a changing Italy by Agnes Sajti 17th July 2022
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+·Rewind Call Me By Your Name (2017) – Guadagnino’s garden of teenage longing, desire and emerging sexuality by Neil Baker 27th March 2022
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Sabastian Astley picks five must-watch movies for Halloween night by Sabastian Astley 30th October 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975): Pasolini forces us to face the inherent darkness of the human condition by Neil Baker 4th October 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Death in Venice (1971) – Luchino Visconti’s ruminations on beauty, art, mortality, and obsession by Neil Baker 5th June 2021
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Hide and Seek (NQV Media) review – How much of ourselves do we show to others? And how much do we keep locked away? by Neil Baker 7th February 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ We Are Who We Are (BBC Three) review – an intimate portrait of emerging identity, conformity and rebellion by Neil Baker 25th November 2020
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ BFI London Film Festival 2020 (reviews) – our quick read film reviews from the 64th edition of the festival by Neil Baker 17th October 2020
1 Wildwood (review): Laika returns with a riveting and utterly spellbinding feast for the eyes and mind
2 TV Choice: Enjoy a bubbling cauldron full of scary films, TV terrors, and spooky sounds on BBC iPlayer and Sounds this Halloween
3 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
4 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
5 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
6 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
7 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
8 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
9 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
10 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
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