Arts·Film and Arts Festivals·Music and Dance·Theatre User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories by Jane Jung 21st October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye by Neil Baker 18th October 2026
Arts·Editors' Choice·Music and Dance·Theatre The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production by Jane Jung 17th October 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Theatre Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama by Jane Jung 17th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds by Neil Baker 16th October 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming by Neil Baker 13th October 2026
Music and Dance·Theatre Franz & Marie (review): Howard and Oakley’s poignant tragedy comes to life through folk music and performance by Jane Jung 12th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp by Neil Baker 8th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Short Films Bundle (BFI London Film Festival) review – a young man’s world collapses into a suffocating nightmare of no escape in Milillo’s powerful short by Neil Baker 8th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Music and Dance·Theatre The Last Ship (review) – the vast stage is filled not only by the ship itself, but by the voices of the people who built it by Jane Jung 5th October 2026
1 TV Choice: Enjoy a bubbling cauldron full of scary films, TV terrors, and spooky sounds on BBC iPlayer and Sounds this Halloween
2 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
3 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
4 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
5 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
6 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
7 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
8 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
9 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
10 Black Church Bay (BFI London Film Festival) review: Jones film is muddy, grey and open-ended as its knotty, unnerving tale unfolds
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