Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ The Mattachine Family (Outfest) review – Vallentine’s film isn’t afraid to ask how equality has changed the gay experience by Neil Baker 22nd July 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Down Low (Outfest) review – Doyle’s debut feature is delightfully fresh and different as it joyously subverts audience expectations by Neil Baker 20th July 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Studio One Forever (Outfest) review – a love letter to a temple of gay freedom and dance by Neil Baker 19th July 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films Concord Shorts Showcase: Skate, Avivar and Artificial – Outfest 2023 by Neil Baker 16th July 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films Love, Jamie (Outfest) review – a friendship born through prose, conversation and art by Neil Baker 12th July 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Outfest Los Angeles announces the opening and closing night films of the 41st LGBTQ+ Film festival by Neil Baker 7th June 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Big Boys (BFI Flare) – Corey Sherman on first crushes, summer camp vibes and brotherly love by Neil Baker 17th March 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Egghead & Twinkie (review) BFI Flare – Sarah Kamba Holland’s road trip movie is a pure delight by Neil Baker 17th March 2023
1 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
2 Robota (review) – the Schwarzman Centre reimagines Čapek’s classic in examining what it means to be human in the age of AI 25th July 2026
3 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
4 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
5 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
6 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
7 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
8 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
9 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
10 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
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