Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films Shrimp Fried Rice (review) – sizzling, satisfying and scrumptious, Dylan Pun’s salty-sweet short film is now streaming on YouTube by Neil Baker 20th September 2026
Editors' Choice·Theatre The Children (review) – Kirkwood’s exploration of social responsibility raises a deeply personal question: What would I do? by Jane Jung 19th September 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre Explore the full line-up of the 20th Bloomsbury Festival, with highlights from outgoing Festival Director Rosemary Richards by Neil Baker 17th September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Ah Girl (TIFF) review: Ang Geck Geck Priscilla shows remarkable skills with child performers in her intimate and bittersweet drama by Rino Lu 12th September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt by Neil Baker 5th September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films Geronto (review) – Sherwood and Pluck’s short film is a poignant, beautiful and powerful exploration of age-difference intimacy by Neil Baker 15th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Theatre Language of Joe and Cho (Camden Fringe) review – a debut that leaves us looking forward to what Donghyun Lim creates next by Jane Jung 10th August 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre The beauty of promise over perfection: discovering emerging artists and creative talent at Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival 50 by Jane Jung 5th August 2026
Editors' Choice·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance·Theatre Pride (review) – while there is much to love in this National Theatre musical adaptation, there is also something profoundly missing by Emma Duffy 4th August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films The Male Gaze: Courage Under Fire (NQV Media) review – a sublime must-own collection of short films exploring courage in its many forms by Neil Baker 3rd August 2026
1 Premature (review): Kevin Walls’ debut feature is rough around the edges, but its sincerity and thematic observations are easy to admire
2 Shrimp Fried Rice (review) – sizzling, satisfying and scrumptious, Dylan Pun’s salty-sweet short film is now streaming on YouTube
3 The Children (review) – Kirkwood’s exploration of social responsibility raises a deeply personal question: What would I do?
4 TV Choice: Tantalising temptations or collective sacrifice to win the game? Tempting Fortune returns to Channel 4 for a third series
5 TV Choice: Adventure, beauty, jeopardy and unforgettable characters as Simon Reeve returns to the Wilderness on BBC Two
6 Explore the full line-up of the 20th Bloomsbury Festival, with highlights from outgoing Festival Director Rosemary Richards
7 TV Choice: Ready for a terrifying trip back to Crystal Lake? The A24-produced series is coming to Sky and NOW this October
8 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 50th anniversary 4K UHD release of The Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie
9 The Male Gaze: Goodbye Love (review): NQV Media presents a tender, powerful collection of short films exploring endings and beginnings
10 The Last Bath (review) – a contemplative exploration of devotion, temptation, guilt and doubt that gently grips the audience
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