Editors' Choice·Film and Television Project Hail Mary (review) – Lord and Miller’s movie is as soulful and endearing as it is thoroughly enjoyable by Calum Cooper 19th March 2026
Film and Television Mercy (review) – the only mercy in this ludicrous stinker is the end credits by Calum Cooper 26th January 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The War Between the Land and the Sea (BBC One) – Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw on Pete McTighe and Russell T Davies’ epic new mini-series by Neil Baker 3rd December 2025
Film and Television·Music and Dance What to Watch on Netflix this Christmas by Neil Baker 27th November 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Running Man (review) – Wright’s remake powers through with suspense and excitement galore by Calum Cooper 11th November 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Theatre The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) rewind review – give yourself over to absolute pleasure by Neil Baker 31st October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Stranger Things (Season Five) – a battle is looming, and it promises to be the darkest yet, as we take a first look at the final season by Neil Baker 30th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Rose of Nevada (BFI London Film Festival) review – Jenkin’s ominous and puzzling, yet deeply resonant picture is an engrossing watch by Calum Cooper 16th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films The Wasp (or the Sheer Beauty of Accepting Yourself) BFI London Film Festival short film review by Neil Baker 12th October 2025
Film and Television We take a first look at the delightfully dark and kooky mayhem of Wednesday (season two) on Netflix by Neil Baker 3rd August 2025
1 Tunnels: Sun in the Dark (Fantasia Film Festival) review – an immersive, subterranean war drama lost in its own labyrinth 30th July 2026
2 Billy Liar (1963) rewind review – Schlesinger’s truly stunning coming-of-age film continues to speak to the experiences of young people today 29th July 2026
3 The Mortuary Assistant (review) – Jeremiah Kipp’s horror game adaptation juggles supernatural terror and psychological torment 27th July 2026
4 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
5 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
6 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
7 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
8 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
9 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
10 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
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