Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: Showtrial, Alma’s Not Normal, Surviving October 7th, One Day in Gaza on BBC iPlayer by Neil Baker 6th October 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films Bad Hostage (Sheffield DocFest review) – an urgent and fascinating exploration of misogyny and state oppression by Neil Baker 22nd June 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films A Move (short film) Sheffield DocFest Review – an honest and enlightening discussion on protest and social change by Neil Baker 18th June 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Strike: An Uncivil War (Sheffield DocFest) review – an urgent exploration of willful community destruction, unrestrained power and injustice by Neil Baker 17th June 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Theatre Message in a Bottle (review) – Sadler’s Wells’ awe-inspiring and urgent production comes to UK cinemas by Neil Baker 26th May 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Sergio Rigoletto looks back at the film highlights, politics and protests of Berlinale 2024 by Sergio Rigoletto 1st April 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance Nothing Compares (Sheffield DocFest) review – a journey of bravery, artistry and defiance full of emotional rage by Neil Baker 26th June 2022
Film and Television·Rewind If…. (1968) – a political and social critique of the British state that remains sadly relevant today by Neil Baker 4th February 2022
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Brother’s Keeper (BFI London Film Festival) review – a haunting story of oppression, neglect and control by Neil Baker 8th October 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975): Pasolini forces us to face the inherent darkness of the human condition by Neil Baker 4th October 2021
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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