Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Wild Horse Nine (review): Anchoring this funny, poignant mix of gallows humour and rumination is John Malkovich’s best performance in years by Calum Cooper 2nd November 2026
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Wicker (review): Fischer and Wilson’s film dilutes its strengths with passive protagonists, and storytelling as flaunting as it is meandering by Calum Cooper 29th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Wildwood (review): Laika returns with a riveting and utterly spellbinding feast for the eyes and mind by Calum Cooper 26th October 2026
Film and Television Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie by Calum Cooper 15th October 2026
Film and Television The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch by Calum Cooper 9th October 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Sense and Sensibility (review) – Oakley and Reid’s adaptation flourishes with vivid visuals and ebullient performances by Calum Cooper 23rd September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·In Focus·LGBTQ+ Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt by Neil Baker 5th September 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes by Neil Baker 31st August 2026
Film and Television·In Focus Sour Milk – Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man: Calum Cooper on one of the most incompetent and vulgar films he has ever seen by Calum Cooper 23rd August 2026
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Stop! That! Train! (review) – Adam Shankman and RuPaul deliver a gleefully ridiculous, fun and fabulous dramedy packed with cameos by Daisy Grace Greetham 21st August 2026
1 The Great British Theatres Awards, organised by Theatres Trust, announce the winners of the inaugural awards at a star-studded ceremony
2 Wild Horse Nine (review): Anchoring this funny, poignant mix of gallows humour and rumination is John Malkovich’s best performance in years
3 TV Choice: From tropical seas to open oceans and the deep, Blue Planet III on BBC One ventures deeper beneath the waves than ever before
4 Wicker (review): Fischer and Wilson’s film dilutes its strengths with passive protagonists, and storytelling as flaunting as it is meandering
5 Rooftop Revolution (review): Hyejin Shin’s play, directed by Gain Amy Park, offers us a gentle reminder that you are not alone
6 Berlinale announces the world premiere of Brett Morgen’s immersive David Bowie “Stage” at the Uber Arena next February
7 Wildwood (review): Laika returns with a riveting and utterly spellbinding feast for the eyes and mind
8 TV Choice: Enjoy a bubbling cauldron full of scary films, TV terrors, and spooky sounds on BBC iPlayer and Sounds this Halloween
9 User Manual for a Broken Machine (review): Words, movement and music combine to explore personal and social histories
10 Minotaur (BFI London Film Festival) review: Zvyagintsev’s film is a grim, gripping and haunting cinematic experience
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