Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Artful Dodger (Disney+) review – fast, fun, quirky and endearing by Neil Baker 21st January 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television TV Choice: The Curse (Paramount+): a discomforting black comedy that fits with the existential despair of our times by Theo Smith 6th January 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Priscilla (review) – can any union survive in the darkness of a fairytale world built on public image and destructive fame? by Neil Baker 21st December 2023
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television May December (review) – a provocative and ambiguous exploration of self-deception and manipulation by Neil Baker 8th December 2023
Film and Television There’s Something In The Barn (review) – Magnus Martens’ film is a fun but forgettable festive romp by Neil Baker 25th November 2023
Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Exteriors (Dekkoo) review – a fascinating trilogy of diverse yet connected stories of longing, conflicted loyalty and corrupt desire by Neil Baker 24th November 2023
Film and Television Napoleon (review) – Scott’s film is big on spectacle but lacks analysis and emotional depth by Calum Cooper 22nd November 2023
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Interview with the Vampire (season one) review – Jones’ adaptation of the Rice classic is proudly queer, gory and riveting by Neil Baker 27th October 2023
Film and Television·Rewind Casper (1995) rewind review – a loving and tender exploration of human mortality, friendship, first love and letting go by Neil Baker 2nd October 2023
Film and Television·Rewind Cruise Control – as Top Gun: Maverick arrives in cinemas, we look back at the magic of Top Gun and its star by Neil Baker 29th September 2023
1 Saturday Night Live UK announces Jeff Goldblum as the first host of the new series and the addition of Freddie Meredith to the cast
2 Tao of Glass (review) – music, puppetry and shadow play sit alongside fragments of thought about dreams, life and death
3 Her Worm (review) – a deliciously dark, lovingly crafted short film that asks us all to reflect on the real parasites in our midst
4 Blue Film: Elliot Tuttle on his provocative, nuanced, artistically ambitious exploration of trauma, memory, identity and guilt
6 Leviticus: The true horror of religious fundamentalism, conversion practices and community oppression
7 Berlinale Generation at 50: The Crystal Bears are to take centre stage at the Berlinale Palast in 2027
8 Bad Karaoke (FrightFest) review – Lightbody and Steinmiller Jr.’s fabulously fun popcorn horror hits all the right notes
9 Vleesdag (Meat Kills) FrightFest review – Smits’ slaughterhouse horror refuses to play by the established rules
10 Ithaqua (FrightFest) review – a rush to action shatters much of the tension and horror of the opening act in Walker’s movie
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