Editors' Choice·Music and Dance Shanay Holmes Live at Cadogan Hall (review): a liquid-gold voice, a world-class orchestra and a night of musical wonder, emotion, and love by Neil Baker 12th July 2026
Film and Television·Music and Dance Michael (review) – mechanical storytelling and a sanitised portrayal so vacant of nuance or substance only leave one unsettled by Calum Cooper 29th April 2026
Music and Dance Hetta Falzon announces her debut EP ‘Henrietta’ and shares her new single ‘Belly Laugh’ by Neil Baker 20th January 2026
Editors' Choice·Music and Dance Ava Joe announces her new EP, Big Beautiful Mess, a love letter to hedonism and a manifesto for life itself by Neil Baker 15th January 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Music and Dance Broken English (BFI London Film Festival) review – Forsyth and Pollard honour Faithfull’s rebellious spirit and unbridled talent by Neil Baker 23rd October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Blue Moon (BFI London Film Festival) review – weighed down by the overwhelmingness of its style and the staleness of its substance by Calum Cooper 19th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Music and Dance Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (BFI London Film Festival) review – Cooper keeps us at a distance from the man and the artist by Neil Baker 18th October 2025
Music and Dance·Theatre We Aren’t Kids Anymore – Drew Gasparini on finding himself, chasing dreams and blending musical genres by Neil Baker 1st April 2025
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ What’s new on BBC iPlayer this week – RuPaul’s Drag Race, Ludwig, Wildlife and more by Neil Baker 21st September 2024
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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