Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film and TV News·UK Festivals 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·Film Reviews·North America 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·TV and Streaming·What to Watch What to Watch (Netflix) – Wednesday (season two) by Neil Baker 3rd August 2025
Film and Television·TV and Streaming·What to Watch What to Watch (Disney+) – Alien Earth by Neil Baker 31st July 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews The Naked Gun (review) – anyone who’s been missing a good parody film need fret no longer by Calum Cooper 30th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Bring Her Back (review) – grotesque and chilling with a well of empathy at its core by Calum Cooper 30th July 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews The Bad Guys 2 (review) – colourful and playfully silly, with the occasional bit of thematic meat to its animated bones by Calum Cooper 26th July 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews The Fantastic Four: First Steps (review) – effortlessly charming and bursting at its cosmic seams with action-packed fun by Calum Cooper 22nd July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·TV and Streaming·What to Watch The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Jacob Elordi, Justin Kurzel and Ciarán Hinds discuss the screen adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s novel by Neil Baker 18th July 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Film Reviews Superman (review) – Gunn’s film leaps over the height of expectation in a single, if not always graceful, bound by Calum Cooper 9th July 2025
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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