Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Buddies and It’s a Sin: Humanity in the face of adversity by Neil Baker 17th May 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·TV Love is all around with these Valentine’s Day treats on BBC iPlayer by Neil Baker 9th February 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV Box Set Binge (volume 3) – 15 unmissable TV shows available to binge-watch right now by Neil Baker 15th April 2024
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV Changing Ends and Beautiful People: Growing up gay in ’80s and ’90s Britain was no walk in the park by Neil Baker 2nd June 2023
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV It’s a Sin (Channel 4) review: a heartbreaking, urgent, joyous, and emotional masterpiece by Neil Baker 23rd January 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Eden Lake (2008) rewind review – a terrifying, riveting, bleak and formidable horror that’s not for the squeamish by Neil Baker 1st March 2019
1 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
2 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
3 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
4 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
5 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
6 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
7 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
8 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
9 Pimple (Fantasia Film Festival) review – Alle’s story of a toxic pimple, a sebum monster and bullies about to meet a sticky end is a delight 19th July 2026
10 Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre 18th July 2026
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