Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: Adventure, beauty, jeopardy and unforgettable characters as Simon Reeve returns to the Wilderness on BBC Two by Neil Baker 17th September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films The Last First Time (review) – an uncompromising and intoxicating portrait of first sex, infatuation, queer joy and escape by Neil Baker 17th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ On the Road (SXSW London) review – Pablos’ unfiltered, charged, and brutally authentic movie is a visceral cinematic experience by Neil Baker 12th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Hormonal Highs – six hot and heavy films that take us from a dance floor in New York to an isolated Blue Lagoon by Neil Baker 8th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Sad Girlz (Tribeca Festival) review – Tovar’s Double Berlinale Winner is a stunning reflection of girlhood and trauma by Daisy Grace Greetham 6th June 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Wild Youth (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring place, passion and personal courage by Neil Baker 26th January 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Reality Bites (NQV Media) review – six short films exploring the moments of revelation and change by Neil Baker 30th March 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Bitter Sweet (NQV Media) review – a hauntingly beautiful tapestry of bittersweet beginnings and endings by Neil Baker 16th November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Parvulos (Fantasia Review) – Ezban’s bold and visually arresting horror is designed to make you squirm by Neil Baker 29th July 2024
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Boy Trouble (NQV Media) review – four short films that explore the ground-shaking power of a single encounter by Neil Baker 9th April 2024
1 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
2 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
3 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
4 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
5 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
6 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
7 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
8 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
9 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
10 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
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