Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind FrightFest announces its programme for the 27th edition of the UK’s leading horror & fantasy film festival by Neil Baker 16th July 2026
LGBTQ+·Theatre King’s Head Theatre places technology, politics, and sexuality in the spotlight for its Autumn season 2026 by Neil Baker 24th June 2026
Editors' Choice·Theatre The Last Man (review) – a social and emotional landscape that may be unfamiliar, yet unexpectedly recognisable by Jane Jung 10th June 2026
Music and Dance·Theatre A Festival of Korean Dance 2026 will tour five venues across the United Kingdom in its ninth year, from The Place to Lowry and Tramway by Neil Baker 10th April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television No Other Choice (BFI London Film Festival) review – Park Chan-wook’s newest film is dark and bizarre but uniquely engrossing by Calum Cooper 17th October 2025
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Music and Dance What’s new on BBC iPlayer this week – We Might Regret This, Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience and more by Neil Baker 18th August 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Tenants (Fantasia Review) – Yoon Eun-Kyung’s dystopian vision of city life is far from fantasy by Neil Baker 30th July 2024
Film and Television Past Lives (review) – Celine Song’s stunning debut holds you tight and doesn’t let go by Calum Cooper 11th September 2023
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Short Films BFI Flare 2023: Quick Read Reviews by Neil Baker 26th March 2023
Film and Television·Rewind A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) rewind review – Kim Jee-Woon’s haunting tale is undoubtedly one of South Korea’s best-known horrors by Agnes Sajti 6th October 2021
1 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
2 The Mortuary Assistant (review) – Jeremiah Kipp’s horror game adaptation juggles supernatural terror and psychological torment 27th July 2026
3 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
4 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
5 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
6 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
7 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
8 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
9 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
10 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
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