Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Departing Seniors “Killer Graduation” (Frightfest) review – deliciously dark, distinctly different and defiantly queer by Neil Baker 30th August 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Blue Rose (Frightfest) review – a story about masks we wear and the void between reality and dreams by Neil Baker 28th August 2023
Film and Television·TV City on Fire (Apple TV+) review – there is a lot to love in this eight-part drama, even if it doesn’t burn evenly by Neil Baker 15th May 2023
Film and Television·Film and TV News·TV Shardlake (Disney+) – Arthur Hughes, Sean Bean and Anthony Boyle to star in the new Disney + Tudor murder mystery by Neil Baker 31st March 2023
Film and Television·TV Lockwood & Co. (Netflix) review – alive with imagination, Joe Cornish’s show is a breath of fresh air by Neil Baker 25th January 2023
Film and Television·TV Slow Horses (Apple TV+) season two review: it’s back with a bang, packed with exquisite drama, dark humour and tension by Neil Baker 2nd December 2022
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (BFI London Film Festival) review – enough twists and turns to satisfy fans of the classic whodunnit by Emma Duffy 11th November 2022
Film and Television·Film Reviews Don’t Worry Darling (review) – Olivia Wilde’s movie is bold, brash and at times enthralling by Sabastian Astley 27th September 2022
Film and Television·Film Reviews See How They Run (review) – a wickedly fun farce through London’s West End that plays as a romantic valentine to Hitchcock & Christie by Sabastian Astley 11th September 2022
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV Wreck (FrightFest 2022) review – all aboard for Ryan J. Brown’s quacking BBC Three cruise ship slasher by Neil Baker 26th August 2022
1 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
2 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
3 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
4 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
5 Blue Mist (UK Tour) review – Who has the authority to define another person’s story? And who decides what counts as an “authentic voice?” 21st July 2026
6 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
7 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
8 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
9 Pimple (Fantasia Film Festival) review – Alle’s story of a toxic pimple, a sebum monster and bullies about to meet a sticky end is a delight 19th July 2026
10 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre 18th July 2026
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