Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV We Are Who We Are (BBC Three) review – an intimate portrait of emerging identity, conformity and rebellion by Neil Baker 25th November 2020
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Uncle Frank (Sundance London) review – a road trip rooted in healing, revelation, self-forgiveness and rebirth by Neil Baker 25th November 2020
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Cicada (BFI London Film Festival) review – love and companionship open a door to rebirth and recovery by Neil Baker 14th October 2020
Film and Television·LGBTQ+·TV Getting It – Tom Heard on the art, love, companionship, and belonging at the heart of his latest film by Neil Baker 18th September 2020
Film and Television·Film Reviews I Used to Go Here (review) – a light-hearted, fresh comedy drama that never falls into lazy stereotypes or clichés by Neil Baker 10th September 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Christine (1983) rewind review – puts the pedal to the metal and, unlike many horrors, doesn’t run out of gas halfway through by Neil Baker 31st August 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) – a film that genuinely shook the landscape of filmmaking and, with it, audience expectations by Neil Baker 1st July 2020
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Keith Haring: Street Art Boy (Sheffield DocFest) review – when does art become political activism, and when does political activism become art? by Neil Baker 26th June 2020
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Welcome to Chechnya (Sheffield DocFest) review – the atrocities of state-orchestrated hate and the indifference of global governments by Neil Baker 20th June 2020
Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+·TV Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (review) – brave and personal, but urgent themes are clouded by a continuing fear of rejection by Neil Baker 10th June 2020
1 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
2 Home Bodies (Fantasia Film Festival) review – one of the most inventive, unique and enthralling science fiction films of the year 24th July 2026
3 No Rest for the Wicked (Fantasia Film Festival) review – hauntingly beautiful, Kalle’s adaptation of Ulrichs’ Manor is unmissable 23rd July 2026
4 Pinocchio: Unstrung (review) – Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie is a sordid, cynical and shoddy exploitation flick with even cheaper ethics 23rd July 2026
5 Animal Farm (2026) review – Serkis’s film butchers Orwell’s source material so thoroughly it could be branded animal cruelty 21st July 2026
6 The Virgin Suicides (2000) rewind review – Sophia Coppola’s film is a girlhood classic that balances sweetness, sweatiness and sorrow 21st July 2026
7 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
8 Attack on Paradise (Fantasia Film Festival) review – a high-octane crime action thriller that never quite reaches its full potential 20th July 2026
9 The Odyssey (review) – rapturous, spellbinding entertainment – an epic cinematic experience to match its enduring source material 19th July 2026
10 Tight Lettuce (Fantasia Film Festival) review – when does care become enabling, and who dictates when that line has been crossed? 19th July 2026
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