Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Brook (FrightFest) review: Paul Stainthorpe’s first blood feature is an ambitious, smart, atmospheric, and engaging small-town mystery by Neil Baker 30th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television A Private Life (review) – an intriguing, albeit scattershot, thriller with atmosphere and empathy in abundance by Calum Cooper 26th June 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Guide (Volume One) by Neil Baker 25th June 2026
Film and Television Nightsleeper sets sail for a second series on BBC One and iPlayer, with filming set to start in Belfast later this year by Neil Baker 19th June 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre INK Festival announces the full programme of shows for its 10th anniversary festival by Neil Baker 17th March 2026
Film and Television·Rewind Cutting Class (1989) rewind review – should we write off Pallenberg’s movie as a straight-to-VHS dud? Absolutely not! by Neil Baker 22nd January 2026
Film and Television·Music and Dance What to Watch on Netflix this Christmas by Neil Baker 27th November 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Agatha Christie Collection – four stunning, must-own 4K restorations in one essential box set from StudioCanal by Neil Baker 10th September 2025
Theatre The Daughter of Time (review) – Reedy and Eastop ask for audience investment in historical debates that never truly spark on stage by Neil Baker 26th July 2025
Film and Television Beyond Paradise series three – Kris Marshall on vitamin sea and new arrivals by Neil Baker 18th March 2025
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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