Editors' Choice·Film and Television Just an Illusion (review) – Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano’s heartwarming and hilarious coming-of-age film is a pure delight by Neil Baker 10th September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes by Neil Baker 31st August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Rewind Footloose (1984) rewind review – an early ’80s gift that many mistakenly dismiss as a mere musical jukebox movie by Neil Baker 13th June 2026
Film and Television·Music and Dance Michael (review) – mechanical storytelling and a sanitised portrayal so vacant of nuance or substance only leave one unsettled by Calum Cooper 29th April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Stand By Me (1986) rewind review – funny, charming, sage and forlorn, Reiner’s film is one of the greatest coming-of-age pictures of all time by Calum Cooper 17th April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Turbulent Teens – 16 coming-of-age movies exploring the rollercoaster of adolescence by Neil Baker 27th February 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Lurker (review) – a knotty tale of obsession, power, celebrity, toxicity, and artistic survival by Neil Baker 13th December 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Theatre The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) rewind review – give yourself over to absolute pleasure by Neil Baker 31st October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Solo (review) – Dupuis’s film is alive with the vibrant energy of Montreal’s gay scene, yet full of shadows when the spotlight fades by Neil Baker 11th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind The Graduate (1967) – Nichols’ film more than earns its place among the greatest American movies ever made by Neil Baker 7th July 2025
1 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
2 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
3 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
4 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
5 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
6 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
7 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
8 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
9 Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming
10 These Violent Delights (review): Hampson and Sansom’s passionate take on Romeo and Juliet marks the arrival of a new generation
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