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
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: BBC Two and iPlayer celebrate writer-directors with a season of BBC-backed film premieres by Neil Baker 31st July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Billy Liar (1963) rewind review – Schlesinger’s truly stunning coming-of-age film continues to speak to the experiences of young people today by Neil Baker 29th July 2026
Music and Dance·Theatre Blue Mist (UK Tour) review – Who has the authority to define another person’s story? And who decides what counts as an “authentic voice?” by Jane Jung 21st July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? by Neil Baker 19th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre Royal Court Young Playwrights Award 2026 – less like a competition and more like an investment in the future of British theatre by Jane Jung 18th July 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Guide (Volume Three) by Neil Baker 13th July 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films Lady Macbeth Was Never A Girl (review) – McBride and Dart’s film is a soft and thoughtful expression of shifting gender identity by Daisy Grace Greetham 11th July 2026
1 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
2 Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming
3 These Violent Delights (review): Hampson and Sansom’s passionate take on Romeo and Juliet marks the arrival of a new generation
4 Stolen Memories (BFI London Film Festival) review: Davidsen’s film isn’t afraid to tackle knotty discussions on the reliability of memory
5 Ketticè (BFI London Film Festival) review: Tortorici’s film rejects all rules and forges its own path, just like the teens it follows
6 Franz & Marie (review): Howard and Oakley’s poignant tragedy comes to life through folk music and performance
7 Elsinore (BFI London Film Festival) review: Scott’s powerful performance drives Stone’s exquisite story of Charleson’s Hamlet
8 The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch
9 The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp
10 Bundle (BFI London Film Festival) review – a young man’s world collapses into a suffocating nightmare of no escape in Milillo’s powerful short
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