Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Islands (Berlinale Review) – Jan-Ole Gerster’s tale of intrigue, separation, accusation and revelation is the perfect summer noir by Neil Baker 7th March 2025
Film and Television Presence (review) – Soderbergh’s love letter to the classic ghost story upends expectations by Neil Baker 23rd January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Prime Target (Apple TV+) review – Woodall and Swindell make maths sexy again with a near-perfect formula for entertainment by Neil Baker 22nd January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Count of Monte Cristo (review) – modern French cinema at its most spectacular, adventurous, and bold by Neil Baker 27th November 2024
Film and Television Monster Summer (review) – Henrie’s movie won’t win any awards for originality, but it is a damn good fun all the same by Neil Baker 22nd November 2024
Theatre Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian’s critically acclaimed KENREX will transfer to Southwark Playhouse in February 2025 by Neil Baker 18th November 2024
Film and Television·Music and Dance What’s new on BBC iPlayer – The Listeners, Boybands Forever, Only Child and more by Neil Baker 17th November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Nightsleeper (BBC One) review – Leather’s nail-biting hackjacking has its hand firmly on the accelerator by Neil Baker 9th September 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Third Man (1949) rewind review – Carol Reed’s masterpiece is a cornerstone of British cinema by Calum Cooper 3rd September 2024
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Shadows in Mind (review) – Schwab’s film soars above the limitations of its small budget by Neil Baker 2nd September 2024
1 Saturday Night Live UK announces Jeff Goldblum as the first host of the new series and the addition of Freddie Meredith to the cast
2 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
3 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
4 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
6 Leviticus: The true horror of religious fundamentalism, conversion practices and community oppression
7 Berlinale Generation at 50: The Crystal Bears are to take centre stage at the Berlinale Palast in 2027
8 Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes
9 Vleesdag (Meat Kills) FrightFest review – Smits’ slaughterhouse horror refuses to play by the established rules
10 Ithaqua (FrightFest) review – a rush to action shatters much of the tension and horror of the opening act in Walker’s movie
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