Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·TV and Streaming Reviews 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·TV and Streaming Reviews Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi Adventure (Stream it or Skip It) – 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·Film Reviews·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·Film Reviews Bookworm (FrightFest Review) – an adventurous, warm, wild and witty delight by Neil Baker 23rd August 2024
Music and Dance·Theatre·Theatre News 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·Film Reviews·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·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·TV and Streaming Reviews 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·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Cowboys and Rūrangi – BFI Flare 2021 Double Bill by Neil Baker 21st March 2021
1 La Carn (SXSW London) review – the obsession with random sex chats leads to a problematic question of consent 8th June 2026
2 Kevin’s Series of Unfortunate Events (Tribeca Festival) review – a fabulously flirtatious, farcical and fast-paced delight 8th June 2026
3 Summer of Three (Tribeca Festival) review – a sun-kissed portrait of youth, love and loss in Puerto Rico 8th June 2026
4 Hormonal Highs – six hot and heavy films that take us from a dance floor in New York to an isolated Blue Lagoon 8th June 2026
5 Barrio Triste (SXSW London) review – Stillz’s debut feature leaves you both breathless and disoriented as the credits roll 6th June 2026
6 Sad Girlz (Tribeca Festival) review – Tovar’s Double Berlinale Winner is a stunning reflection of girlhood and trauma 6th June 2026
7 Verse (Tribeca Festival) review – Noam Argov explores the interface between our online and offline worlds in this urgent and timely short film 6th June 2026
8 DISC (Tribeca Festival) review – Blake Rice’s one-night stand short is as acidically sweet as a lemon dipped in sugar 6th June 2026
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