Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·North America·Short Films Be Nice (short film) review – a fantastic slice of short-form fantasy/horror filmmaking by Neil Baker 22nd June 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Buddies and It’s a Sin: Humanity in the face of adversity by Neil Baker 17th May 2025
Music and Dance·Music and Dance Reviews·Theatre·Theatre Reviews The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody (review) – a celebratory burlesque cabaret from a galaxy far, far away by Neil Baker 6th May 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Old Boys and Cyrano: Two delightfully different adaptations and interpretations of Edmund Rostand’s Cyrano De Bergerac. by Neil Baker 12th January 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Childhood fame comes under the spotlight in the documentary Showbiz Kids and the movie Honey Boy by Neil Baker 11th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Psychosexual discussions on a changing youth experience in Gregg Araki’s The Doom Generation and Nowhere by Neil Baker 4th December 2024
Film and Television·Film Reviews Joker: Folie à Deux (review) – bland and forgettable rather than dazzling or provocative by Calum Cooper 7th October 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews·TV and Streaming·What to Watch The Shawshank Redemption (1994) – as beautiful and genuine now as it was on its release by Calum Cooper 24th September 2024
Film and Television·Film and TV News·LGBTQ+ Get ready for some chilling tricks and treats on Shudder this October by Neil Baker 20th September 2024
Europe·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Short Films Devotee (short film) review – a love letter to the horror genre’s ability to create an immediate and inescapable sense of dread by Neil Baker 15th August 2024
1 Your Guide to The Eurovision Song Contest 2026, taking place in Vienna, and broadcasting live across BBC TV and Radio 5th May 2026
2 Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell discuss Half Man, repression, violence, the complexity of masculinity, and the fragility of brotherhood 5th May 2026
3 The Good Boy (Stream It or Skip It) – unnerving and complex in its social themes, Komasa’s chamber piece is a twisted puzzle-box movie 4th May 2026
4 Say hello to a new cast of well-known faithfuls and traitors for the upcoming The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One and iPlayer 2nd May 2026
5 Hokum (review) – an atmospheric meditation on the destabilising nature of guilt and greed 2nd May 2026
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