Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews River Dreams (Berlinale) review – Mikhailova’s documentary flows with hope in the power of sisterhood and solidarity to usher in change by Neil Baker 22nd February 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·TV and Streaming Reviews The Male Gaze: Breaking Dawn (NQV Media) review – “Everything will look better in the morning” by Neil Baker 14th June 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews·NQV Short Films·Short Films Boys Feels: Stand By Me (NQV Media) review – the need for a companion, friend or brother when the pressures of adolescence descend by Neil Baker 21st November 2022
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films·TV and Streaming Reviews New Queer Visions: The Last Days of Innocence (NQV Media) – a series of young lives are changed forever without warning by Neil Baker 27th December 2021
Film and Television·Film Reviews·NQV Short Films·Short Films·TV and Streaming Reviews Boys Feels: Desire in the Dark (NQV Media) – an array of short films wrapped in themes of secrecy, repression, and hidden desire by Neil Baker 15th February 2021
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Benny’s Video (1992) – Haneke’s cutting exploration of failed parenting, guilt, and the effect of media on adolescent behaviour by Neil Baker 28th April 2020
1 La Carn (SXSW London) review – the obsession with random sex chats leads to a problematic question of consent 8th June 2026
2 Kevin’s Series of Unfortunate Events (Tribeca Festival) review – a fabulously flirtatious, farcical and fast-paced delight 8th June 2026
3 Summer of Three (Tribeca Festival) review – a sun-kissed portrait of youth, love and loss in Puerto Rico 8th June 2026
4 Hormonal Highs – six hot and heavy films that take us from a dance floor in New York to an isolated Blue Lagoon 8th June 2026
5 Barrio Triste (SXSW London) review – Stillz’s debut feature leaves you both breathless and disoriented as the credits roll 6th June 2026
6 Sad Girlz (Tribeca Festival) review – Tovar’s Double Berlinale Winner is a stunning reflection of girlhood and trauma 6th June 2026
7 Verse (Tribeca Festival) review – Noam Argov explores the interface between our online and offline worlds in this urgent and timely short film 6th June 2026
8 DISC (Tribeca Festival) review – Blake Rice’s one-night stand short is as acidically sweet as a lemon dipped in sugar 6th June 2026
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