The Male Gaze: Courage Under Fire (NQV Media) review – a sublime must-own collection of short films exploring courage in its many forms by Neil Baker 3rd August 2026
The Last First Time (review) – an uncompromising and intoxicating portrait of first sex, infatuation, queer joy and escape by Neil Baker 17th July 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Wandering Heart (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring the wanderer born of love, separation, oppression or choice by Neil Baker 26th May 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: Kiss Me (NQV Media) review – a thoughtful and eclectic mix of short stories exploring love by Neil Baker 10th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Naughty Boys (NQV Media) review – an unmissable selection box of globetrotting cinematic treats by Neil Baker 6th April 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: She Likes Girls (NQV Media) review – love, separation and transformation through a global female lens by Neil Baker 4th April 2026
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Wild Youth (NQV Media) review – five short films exploring place, passion and personal courage by Neil Baker 26th January 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Heavenly Creatures (NQV Media) review – four fantastic short films exploring desire, sexuality, and religion by Neil Baker 24th November 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Éden & Charlie (short film) review – a hauntingly beautiful portrait of harmony, healing and newfound love by Neil Baker 4th November 2025
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Anapidae (Call Me) short film review – Morel’s experimental Super 8/VHS short film weaves a powerful exploration of fear and grief by Neil Baker 29th October 2025
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Secrets and Lies (NQV Media) review – six sizzling short films exploring secrets, lies, love and friendship by Neil Baker 8th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films Upon Her Lips: French Kiss (NQV Media) review – four enchanting short films about new, existing and transformational relationships by Neil Baker 27th June 2025
1 Just an Illusion (review) – Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano’s heartwarming and hilarious coming-of-age film is a pure delight
2 CATS (review) – The open-air theatre in Regent’s Park becomes the cats’ secret world in this masterful new production
3 The Edinburgh Fringe Award-winning, wickedly funny and unflinching Goblin takes to the stage at the Park Theatre this November
4 Tom Daley adds the final stitch to the giant ‘Baa-Ewe’ Tapestry celebrating Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
5 The Oresteia (review): What Stone brings from Greek tragedy into the present is not the myth but the people
6 Saturday Night Live UK announces Jeff Goldblum as the first host of the new series and the addition of Freddie Meredith to the cast
7 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
8 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
9 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
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