Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: What It Feels Like for a Girl (SXSW London) – a sublime, sharp, brave and bold queer TV milestone by Neil Baker 4th June 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: Chills and thrills abound with these spooky Halloween treats on BBC iPlayer by Neil Baker 21st October 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: Showtrial, Alma’s Not Normal, Surviving October 7th, One Day in Gaza on BBC iPlayer by Neil Baker 6th October 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: Box Set Binge (Volume 3) – 15 unmissable TV shows available to binge-watch right now by Neil Baker 15th April 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind TV Choice: Changing Ends and Beautiful People: Growing up gay in 1980s and 1990s Britain was no walk in the park by Neil Baker 2nd June 2023
Film and Television Big Boys Don’t Cry – a powerful exploration of historical institutional abuse by Neil Baker 5th September 2022
Film and Television A Guide to Second Date Sex (review) – Hiron delves into the complexity, anxiety, messiness, and hormonal world of ‘the date’ by Neil Baker 21st April 2020
1 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
2 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
3 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
4 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
5 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
6 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
7 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
8 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
9 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
10 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
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