Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Frankenstein (BFI London Film Festival) review – Del Toro’s adaptation beats with a human heart that only he could create by Oscar Aitchison 16th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews The Mastermind (BFI London Film Festival) review – Reichardt’s movie is as tragically farcical as it is deceptively thrilling by Calum Cooper 16th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ She’s the He (BFI London Film Festival) review – McCarthy delivers a colourful, vibrant, proudly trans coming of age comedy by Neil Baker 15th October 2025
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews After the Hunt (BFI London Film Festival) review – Guadagnino’s picture feels uncharacteristically uncertain of itself by Calum Cooper 13th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews Hamnet (BFI London Film Festival) review – a tender, heart-aching ode to family and how loss forms the basis of great art and humanity by Calum Cooper 13th October 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews·Rewind·Rewind Reviews One Potato, Two Potato (1964) – one of the most honest, urgent, and bold independent films of the early 1960s by Neil Baker 7th October 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews The Smashing Machine (review) – a step up for Johnson and a step back for Safdie by Calum Cooper 4th October 2025
Film and Television·TV Eugene hangs out with Prince William in The Reluctant Traveller season three, episode four on Apple TV+ by Oscar Aitchison 2nd October 2025
Film and Television·Film Reviews Him (review) – slapdash and ludicrous, this movie is about as far from a touchdown as one can get by Calum Cooper 2nd October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·Film Reviews·LGBTQ+ Twinless (review) – Sweeney’s film certainly isn’t identical to any other film out there; it’s a one-of-a-kind by Neil Baker 26th September 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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