Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Open Secrets (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring the space between secrecy and public knowledge by Neil Baker 29th December 2025
Film and Television The Housemaid (review) – ridiculous and overlong, with a predictable and cartoonish descent into chaos by Oscar Aitchison 29th December 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Lurker (review) – a knotty tale of obsession, power, celebrity, toxicity, and artistic survival by Neil Baker 13th December 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Baby (review) – Caetano weaves a gritty, colourful and tender tale of life on the margins of a metropolis by Neil Baker 11th December 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Heavenly Creatures (NQV Media) review – four fantastic short films exploring desire, sexuality, and religion by Neil Baker 24th November 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Theatre The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) rewind review – give yourself over to absolute pleasure by Neil Baker 31st October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Pillion (BFI London Film Festival) review – Lighton’s spunky feature directorial debut is full of humour, horniness and heart by Neil Baker 24th October 2025
Music and Dance·Theatre Love Quirks: A New Musical (review) – entertaining in the moment but quickly forgettable once the footlights fade by Neil Baker 26th September 2025
Film and Television Oh, Hi! (review) – Carnal fun and some energetic experimentation suddenly become a hostage situation by Neil Baker 23rd September 2025
Editors' Choice·LGBTQ+·Theatre Four Play (review) – a heartfelt, hilarious, and tender exploration of the complexities of love, sex, and honesty by Neil Baker 17th July 2025
1 Saturday Night Live UK announces Jeff Goldblum as the first host of the new series and the addition of Freddie Meredith to the cast
2 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
3 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
4 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
6 Leviticus: The true horror of religious fundamentalism, conversion practices and community oppression
7 Berlinale Generation at 50: The Crystal Bears are to take centre stage at the Berlinale Palast in 2027
8 Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes
9 Vleesdag (Meat Kills) FrightFest review – Smits’ slaughterhouse horror refuses to play by the established rules
10 Ithaqua (FrightFest) review – a rush to action shatters much of the tension and horror of the opening act in Walker’s movie
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