Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Kokomo City (review) – D. Smith’s intimate documentary is authentic, honest and uninhibited by Neil Baker 2nd August 2023
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Edward II (1991) rewind review – Jarman’s film is bathed in homoerotic visuals as it takes us down an unconventional narrative path by Neil Baker 3rd June 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ The Blue Caftan (review) – Touzani’s film is as smooth as silk and as sharp as the needle that penetrates and shapes it by Neil Baker 4th May 2023
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Weird Science (1985) rewind review – Hughes’s movie understands the teenage male mind better than it is given credit for by Neil Baker 4th May 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 Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films The Perpetrators (short film) BFI Flare review – an urgent and atmospheric inquiry into the state-sanctioned oppression of gay men. by Neil Baker 25th March 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Lonesome (review) – Craig Boreham’s ode to the wanderer is rich in texture, imagery, heat and sexual energy by Neil Baker 6th March 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Shadows on Skin (NQV Media) review – four sizzling films exploring male sex and desire by Neil Baker 1st March 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind River Phoenix: The boy, the man and the movies by Neil Baker 21st February 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Love Sucks! and these fifteen movies prove it! by Neil Baker 5th February 2023
1 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
2 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
3 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
4 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
5 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
6 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
7 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
8 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
9 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
10 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
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