Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Life of Chuck (review) – Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards by Calum Cooper 21st August 2025
Film and Television What to Watch (BBC One) King & Conqueror – James Norton on the struggle for power across two countries and a raging sea by Neil Baker 20th August 2025
Film and Television Eddington (review) – a suitably off-kilter new entry into the canon of Ari Aster pictures by Calum Cooper 20th August 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Hikari’s Rental Family has been announced as the American Express Gala at the 69th BFI London Film Festival by Neil Baker 14th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Weapons (review) – a genuinely unique, fresh, and twisted contemporary fairytale by Neil Baker 6th August 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is to open the 69th BFI London Film Festival by Neil Baker 5th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The School Duel (Fantasia Film Festival) review – an outstanding feature directorial debut that leaves an indelible mark by Neil Baker 3rd August 2025
Film and Television We take a first look at the delightfully dark and kooky mayhem of Wednesday (season two) on Netflix by Neil Baker 3rd August 2025
Film and Television We take a first look at FX’s Alien Earth, premiering on Disney+ this August by Neil Baker 31st July 2025
Film and Television The Naked Gun (review) – anyone who’s been missing a good parody film need fret no longer by Calum Cooper 30th July 2025
1 The Wolf (review) – an observational meditation on queer love and life in contemporary China 25th July 2026
2 Robota (review) – the Schwarzman Centre reimagines Čapek’s classic in examining what it means to be human in the age of AI 25th July 2026
3 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
4 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
5 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
6 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
7 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
8 Blue Mist (UK Tour) review – Who has the authority to define another person’s story? And who decides what counts as an “authentic voice?” 21st July 2026
9 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
10 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
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