Film and Television The Activist ‘Aktyvistas’ (review) – a knotty and at times thrilling exploration of extremism and division by Neil Baker 23rd April 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ The Writer (review) – Zabarauskas explores displacement, immigration, political ideology, and the decision to stay, leave, run, or hide by Neil Baker 21st January 2025
Film and Television·NQV Short Films·Short Films Boys Feels: I love trouble (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring the turbulence of adolescence by Neil Baker 14th August 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Short Films Cinéorama Capsule Reviews 2022 – 2025 – quick-read reviews, from a deadly attack of killer oranges to the tender tale of a man and a wildcat by Neil Baker 1st September 2018
1 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
2 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
3 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
5 Leviticus: The true horror of religious fundamentalism, conversion practices and community oppression
6 Berlinale Generation at 50: The Crystal Bears are to take centre stage at the Berlinale Palast in 2027
7 Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes
8 Vleesdag (Meat Kills) FrightFest review – Smits’ slaughterhouse horror refuses to play by the established rules
9 Ithaqua (FrightFest) review – a rush to action shatters much of the tension and horror of the opening act in Walker’s movie
10 The Brook (FrightFest) review: Paul Stainthorpe’s first blood feature is an ambitious, smart, atmospheric, and engaging small-town mystery
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