Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·North America·Short Films Vacío ‘Void’ (Cleveland International Film Festival) review – childhood imagination and fear meet social horror in this immersive short film by Neil Baker 13th April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming The Male Gaze: Naughty Boys (NQV Media) Stream It or Skip It – an unmissable selection box of globetrotting cinematic treats by Neil Baker 6th April 2026
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming Upon Her Lips: She Likes Girls (NQV Media) Stream It or Skip It – love, separation and transformation through a global female lens by Neil Baker 4th April 2026
Europe·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Rosebush Pruning (Berlinale) review – Aïnouz delights in exploring the writhing bed of maggots behind a facade of wealth and beauty by Neil Baker 19th February 2026
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming Upon Her Lips: Open Secrets (NQV Media) Stream It or Skip It – five short films exploring the space between secrecy and public knowledge by Neil Baker 29th December 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·Stream It or Skip It·TV and Streaming The Male Gaze: Heavenly Creatures (NQV Media) review – four fantastic short films exploring desire, sexuality, and religion by Neil Baker 24th November 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals Maspalomas (BFI London Film Festival) review – a tender, emotional and intimate character study full of humour and heart by Neil Baker 14th October 2025
Film and Television·Film and TV News·Rewind BFI announces Too Much – Melodrama on Film, a UK-wide celebration of emotion and heightened drama by Neil Baker 28th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Bitter Sweet (NQV Media) review – a hauntingly beautiful tapestry of bittersweet beginnings and endings by Neil Baker 16th November 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·UK Festivals Liuben (OFN Review) – a delicate, sensitive, complex and layered exploration of identity, sexuality and oppression by Neil Baker 15th November 2024
1 Critically acclaimed Fringe hit Don’t Tell Dad about Diana brings ’90s Dublin, drag and Princess Diana to Underbelly Soho 20th April 2026
2 Filming begins on The Ink Factory’s production of John Le Carré’s Legacy of Spies for BBC and MGM+ 18th April 2026
3 Harvey (1950) rewind review – Koster’s bittersweet and whimsical film is an undervalued lesson in how to see the world 17th April 2026
4 Stand By Me (1986) rewind review – funny, charming, sage and forlorn, Reiner’s film is one of the greatest coming-of-age pictures of all time 17th April 2026
5 Charlotte Regan on the complicated love, family dynamics, female-led storytelling and the visual language of Mint 16th April 2026
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