Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material by Calum Cooper 19th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Die My Love (BFI London Film Festival) review – Jennifer Lawrence is relentless in her most visceral performance to date by Theo Smith 21st October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Mickey 17 (Berlinale Review) – Bong Joon Ho’s science fiction spectacle takes aim at events much closer to home by Neil Baker 20th February 2025
Film and Television The Batman (review) – the world’s greatest detective returns in one of the decade’s best films by Sabastian Astley 28th February 2022
Film and Television The Devil All the Time (Netflix) review – grit, dirt, and sweat jump off the screen in this dark Southern Gothic horror by Neil Baker 17th September 2020
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Lighthouse (BFI London Film Festival) review – “Doldrums. Doldrums. Eviler than the Devil” by Neil Baker 14th October 2019
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The King (BFI London Film Festival) review – Michôd’s film isn’t perfect, but it does open the door to Shakespeare for a new generation by Neil Baker 6th October 2019
Film and Television High Life (review) – a floating prison spirals out of control, lost somewhere between extinction and creation by Neil Baker 10th May 2019
1 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
2 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
3 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
5 Leviticus: The true horror of religious fundamentalism, conversion practices and community oppression
6 Berlinale Generation at 50: The Crystal Bears are to take centre stage at the Berlinale Palast in 2027
7 Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes
8 Vleesdag (Meat Kills) FrightFest review – Smits’ slaughterhouse horror refuses to play by the established rules
9 Ithaqua (FrightFest) review – a rush to action shatters much of the tension and horror of the opening act in Walker’s movie
10 The Brook (FrightFest) review: Paul Stainthorpe’s first blood feature is an ambitious, smart, atmospheric, and engaging small-town mystery
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