Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Two Heads Creek (FrightFest 2020) – Jordan Waller on dodgy sausages, growing nationalism, and blood-splattered comedy by Neil Baker 30th August 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: Get Duked! – a wild, mad, rabbit poo-fuelled escapade full of dried soup-snorting glee by Neil Baker 29th August 2020
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Summerland (BFI Flare) review – a beautiful, heartwarming and optimistic wartime tale by Neil Baker 10th August 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·NQV Short Films·Short Films The Male Gaze: Strikers and Defenders (NQV Media) review – four shorts exploring coming of age, desire and masculinity by Neil Baker 29th July 2020
Arts·Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance·Rewind Billy Elliot (2000): Daldry’s film remains a sweet, powerful, and joyous exploration of masculinity, sexuality, class, and community by Neil Baker 19th March 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Neil Baker explores six diverse and very different festive movies to stream this Christmas season by Neil Baker 20th December 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Saint Maud (BFI London Film Festival) review – a stunning and formidable psychodrama of exquisite performances by Neil Baker 13th October 2019
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Monsoon (BFI London Film Festival) review – a home that sits between two worlds, both pulling in different directions by Neil Baker 7th October 2019
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Rialto (BFI London Film Festival) review: A stunning and deeply nuanced journey into repression, guilt, belonging, and identity by Neil Baker 1st October 2019
1 Wildwood (review): Laika returns with a riveting and utterly spellbinding feast for the eyes and mind
2 TV Choice: Enjoy a bubbling cauldron full of scary films, TV terrors, and spooky sounds on BBC iPlayer and Sounds this Halloween
3 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
4 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
5 Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards this November
6 Studiocanal Classics has announced the 20th Anniversary 4K Re-release of Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth
7 7 Miles Out (BFI London Film Festival) review: Carol Morley’s coming-of-age film enthrals, delights and brings a tear to the eye
8 Elephants in the Fog (BFI London Film Festival) review: Abinash Bikram Shah’s debut feature is a masterclass in atmospheric immersion
9 The Nature of Forgetting (review): Movement, images and live music explore human life and relationships in Theatre Re’s striking production
10 Counterattack: Youth (review): A real pub setting elevates the intimacy between four lifelong friends in Gain Amy Park’s drama
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