Film and Television Holy Days (review) – stale comedy and recycled road movie plot beats hold back Boltt’s film from reaching its full potential by Calum Cooper 13th August 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Open Secrets (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring the space between secrecy and public knowledge by Neil Baker 29th December 2025
Film and Television Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi Adventure (review) – love him or loathe him, this is addictive, bonkers, and brilliant TV by Neil Baker 3rd July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Went Up the Hill (OUTshine) review – a ghost story centred around two fractured but beating hearts by Neil Baker 20th April 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Bookworm (FrightFest Review) – an adventurous, warm, wild and witty delight by Neil Baker 23rd August 2024
Music and Dance·Theatre The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale comes home to Middle-earth this November at The Civic, Auckland by Neil Baker 10th July 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films You’re Out – short film (FrightFest 2023) review – a sharp and cheeky exploration of personal transformation and fear by Neil Baker 25th August 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Fleeting Glances (NQV Media) – the random moments, meetings and connections that shape our hopes and desires by Neil Baker 4th June 2022
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Cowboys and Rūrangi (BFI Flare 2021) review – Journeys of transformation, healing and enlightenment by Neil Baker 21st March 2021
Film and Television Come to Daddy (review) – Timpson’s brave and bonkers rollercoaster of dark humour and gore is full of devilish charm by Neil Baker 24th May 2020
1 TV Choice: From 7 Up to 70 Up, Calum Cooper looks back at the TV experiment that became one of the greatest documentary series ever made
2 Studiocanal has announced the release of a new 4K restoration of Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin (1992), starring Robert Downey Jr
3 TV Choice: The cloaks have been ironed, the fingerless gloves unpacked, and the turret dusted for The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One
4 The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain (NCCGB) is now searching for the next generation of singing talent
5 The Intimacy Coordinator (review): Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s short film is bold in its perspective and bursting with potential
6 The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards, taking place in London this November
7 Queer Theatre is auctioning a Star Trek: Picard script belonging to Marina Sirtis, with all proceeds supporting LGBTQIA+ theatre-makers
8 A Tale of Two Cities (review): After 90 years, Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud’s adaptation finally comes to life on stage
9 TV Choice: Break Clause – Moving on is hard, moving out is even harder in Jess Bray’s new Channel 4 comedy/drama
10 Sense and Sensibility (review) – Oakley and Reid’s adaptation flourishes with vivid visuals and ebullient performances
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