Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Our Hero, Balthazar (review) – an unsettling and urgent exploration of masculinity, class divide and extremism in our social media age by Neil Baker 6th May 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·What to Watch Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell discuss Half Man, repression, violence, the complexity of masculinity, and the fragility of brotherhood by Neil Baker 5th May 2026
Film and Television·Film Reviews The Good Boy (review) – unnerving and complex in its social themes, Komasa’s chamber piece is a twisted puzzle-box movie by Neil Baker 4th May 2026
Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Teeth (2007) rewind review – an unexpected fang-sharp satire on male audacity by Daisy Grace Greetham 30th April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Willard (1971) rewind review – Mann explores the psyche of a lost and lonely boy seeking liberation and escape in all the wrong places by Neil Baker 27th April 2026
Film and Television·Film Reviews The Activist ‘Aktyvistas’ (review) – a knotty and at times thrilling exploration of extremism and division by Neil Baker 23rd April 2026
Film and Television·Film and TV News·What to Watch Filming begins on The Ink Factory’s production of John Le Carré’s Legacy of Spies for BBC and MGM+ by Neil Baker 18th April 2026
Film and Television·Film Reviews Fuze (review) – impressively crafted, but unable to find the necessary balance between its plotlines by Calum Cooper 3rd April 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Night Stage (review) – a bold, thrilling and breathless erotic dance through Porto Alegre by Neil Baker 30th March 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Satisfaction (BFI Flare) review – Alex Burunova’s feature debut is a meticulously crafted visual and sonic exploration of trauma by Daisy Grace Greetham 23rd March 2026
1 Sheffield DocFest brings together 45 World, 17 International, 5 European and 35 UK Premieres for its 33rd edition 27th May 2026
4 The Male Gaze: Wandering Hearts (NQV Media) review – six short films exploring the wanderer born of love, separation, oppression or choice 26th May 2026
5 The Balloonists (review) – a stratospheric story of overcoming the odds through perseverance and teamwork 21st May 2026
6 National Theatre releases new research exploring the impact of youth theatre ahead of Connections and New Views Festivals this summer 20th May 2026
7 It’s a Charlie Brown and Snoopy Summer on Apple TV with an exciting collection of new and classic Peanuts stories 20th May 2026
8 Leaving Las Vegas (1995) rewind review – a haunting epitaph and a powerful exploration of unconditional love, beauty and pain 18th May 2026
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