Film and Arts Festivals·LGBTQ+ London Indian Film Festival returns for its 17th year with a rich array of cutting-edge new cinema premieres by Neil Baker 18th June 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre Early Summer Arts and Culture Guide 2026 by Neil Baker 22nd April 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·LGBTQ+ Scene LGBTQ+ Festival Manchester unveils a stellar 2025 lineup, including a special anniversary celebration of Russell T Davies’ Cucumber by Neil Baker 3rd July 2025
Editors' Choice·Music and Dance·Theatre Feed me, Seymour! – Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre announce a revival of Little Shop of Horrors by Neil Baker 22nd May 2025
Arts·Theatre Home Arches opens in Manchester providing artists with a world-class development hub by Neil Baker 24th January 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ MUBI Fest opens today at Aviva Studios Manchester by Neil Baker 12th July 2024
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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