Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: Finding Father Christmas (Channel 4) – Lenny Rush and James Buckley discuss Christmas in late summer and festive traditions by Neil Baker 13th December 2025
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance TV Choice: Unwrap a mountain of festive gifts this Christmas across the BBC by Neil Baker 25th November 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: The Celebrity Traitors are about to step into the castle, but who will survive? (BBC One and iPlayer) by Neil Baker 8th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·Rewind Buddies and It’s a Sin: Humanity in the face of adversity by Neil Baker 17th May 2025
Film and Television Everything Now (Netflix) review – paints itself with shades of reality but never comes close to a complete picture by Sabastian Astley 6th October 2023
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: Red, White & Royal Blue (Prime Video) – crack open the fizz and celebrate the adorable union of Alex and Henry by Neil Baker 10th August 2023
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ TV Choice: Heartstopper (Netflix) – a groundbreaking drama that offers a heartwarming exploration of teenage life in all its diversity by Neil Baker 15th April 2022
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ It’s a Sin (Channel 4) review: a heartbreaking, urgent, joyous, and emotional masterpiece by Neil Baker 23rd January 2021
Film and Television·Rewind V for Vendetta (2006) – one person’s rebellion is another’s dynamite by Neil Baker 5th November 2020
1 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
2 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
3 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
4 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
5 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
6 Josephine (BFI London Film Festival) review: De Anaújo and team cut to the bone of dense issues with devastating precision
7 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
8 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
9 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
10 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
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