No Other Choice (BFI London Film Festival) review - Park Chan-wook’s newest film is dark and bizarre but uniquely engrossing ★★★★. (어쩔수가없다)

Frankenstein (BFI London Film Festival) review - Del Toro's adaptation beats with a human heart that only he could create ★★★★★.

Rose of Nevada (BFI London Film Festival) review - Jenkin's ominous and puzzling, yet deeply resonant picture is an engrossing watch ★★★★

The Mastermind (BFI London Film Festival) review - Reichardt's movie is as tragically farcical as it is deceptively thrilling ★★★★.

Tender and emotional, yet full of humour and heart, Maspalomas, screening at BFI London Film Festival, is an intimate and exquisitely performed, written and directed character study that proudly proclaims you are never "past it" as a gay man, no matter what life may throw at you. ★★★★ Do gay men have a problem with getting old? It is an interesting question.

After the Hunt (BFI London Film Festival) review - Guadagnino's picture feels uncharacteristically uncertain of itself ★★.

Full of atmosphere and akin to the devilishly good short stories we once devoured in shows like Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt, every minute of Carr's twisted Grandma is Thirsty, playing at BFI London Film Festival, is a kooky delight. ★★★★ Contains spoilers. Grandma is indeed very thirsty in writer and director Kris Carr's atmospheric and eerie horror short showing at this year's…

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Hamnet (BFI London Film Festival) review - a tender, heart-aching ode to family and how loss forms the basis of great art and humanity ★★★★

The Wasp (or the Sheer Beauty of Accepting Yourself), screening at BFI London Film Festival, is a stunning, heartfelt, and powerful short film about what it means to be human in a world that far too often carries a sting in its tail. ★★★★ Why do we hate wasps? Yes, they sting, and of course, they upset summer picnics by hounding us, but do they really deserve so much hate?

Full of heart, humour, and love, Yellow Bucket is a delightful short film about the moment we ask ourselves whether we would want our younger sibling to be gay, if there were a choice. But it's also a film that challenges the notion that all parents would prefer if their child had identified as heterosexual. ★★★★ What leads to someone identifying as gay?

Festival Capsule - quick read capsule film and TV reviews from national and international film festivals covered by Cinerama.

Praise be to Strippoli, Riondino, and Feltri, along with the divine cinematography of Cristiano Di Nicola and the unnerving score of Federico Bisozzi and Davide Tomat, for firmly placing Italian horror back on the map with The Holy Boy (La Valle dei Sorrisi).      ★★★★ The pain and suffering we carry are just as significant as the pleasure and happiness in informing what it means to be human.

The award-winning reality series returns tonight, but this time, host Claudia Winkleman is inviting a group of celebrities to the beautiful castle in the Scottish Highlands to play this ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £100,000 for their chosen charities. You know the score, hidden amongst the celebs are The Traitors, whose job is to secretly murder their fellow players, without getting caught.

Rude Health Festival runs from Friday, 3rd October to Friday, 5th December 2025 at Cambois Miners Welfare. Ticket and programme information is available on the festival website. Artist-led community charity The Tute presents its most ambitious season yet, with the return of Rude Health Festival, offering a wealth of world-class, anarchic, and daring performances that address the community’s needs. Running from October to December 2025, the festival platform’s themes of health, belonging, …

Restored by StudioCanal as part of its Vintage Classics collection, One Potato, Two Potato (1964) has never looked or sounded better. While independent American cinema can arguably be traced back to Chaplin, it was the late '50s and '60s that saw an explosion of cutting-edge films and stories emerge. One Potato, Two Potato is one of those cutting-edge films, yet it remains a rarely discussed pioneer.

With a truly stunning, funny, and profoundly emotional exploration of modern masculinity through dance, stunt work, and personal stories, the Edinburgh Fringe hit "Stuntman" at The Place, London, from Scottish company "Superfan", encourages us to face the question: What does it mean to be male? ★★★★ Let me start with a simple question for all the men out there. What factors, both social, educational, emotional, and familial, made you the man you are today?

The Smashing Machine (review) - a step up for Johnson and a step back for Safdie ★★. Now showing in cinemas nationwide.

Him (review) - slapdash and ludicrous, this movie is about as far from a touchdown as one can get ★. Him is showing in cinemas from Oct 3.

As a visual and auditory spectacle, Gesher's production of Salomé at the Theatre Royal Haymarket is stunning, but this, like the gaze of Salomé herself, comes at a price as the production's ability to convey the psychological motivations of the characters suffers. ★★★ Welcome to a world where leaders sit in their ivory towers on wealth earned through the misery of others, where religious beliefs are twisted to maintain power, and where desire and greed run rampant and political manipulation controls the masses.

Forty-four years after its release, 'Diva' continues to spark conversation and debate among critics and cinephiles, and StudioCanal's stunning 4K UHD restoration and re-release will hopefully see a whole new generation join that debate. The 1980s and early '90s saw the emergence of a new movement in French cinema, known as Cinéma du Look. This new movement would embrace spectacle, youth culture, and striking visuals and sound while equally reflecting the new economic realities and cultural changes in France under François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac.

For a wickedly entertaining, proudly chaotic, and beautifully performed homage to Fawlty Towers in its 50th anniversary year, Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience at the President's Hotel in Bloomsbury is an absolute blast. ★★★★ Subject: A concerned letter from Faulty Towers - the dining experience. Date: September 27, 2025 To. Mr and Mrs Fawlty, Faulty Towers. Dear Mr and Mrs Fawlty,

Twinless is a joyously unconventional, astutely written, directed, and gloriously performed cinematic delight that jettisons predictability in favour of a far more fascinating exploration of grief and loneliness. ★★★★★ The Indian actress and director, Neena Gupta, once said, "Loneliness is always there, it's a phase that comes and goes, and it is a very difficult phase." The same could be said of grief.

Despite its modern-day setting, 'Love Quirks: A New Musical' at The Other Palace feels strangely stuck in the '90s. As a result, it offers little that speaks to the challenges twenty-somethings face today when navigating city, work, and love lives in our fast, insular, and impatient digital world. ★★ Life is messy, and love even more so. Discovering what and who we want, while separating our fantasy from the harsh realities of life, can be a minefield that sees more than a few of us step on several incendiary devices.

Hosted by WOW guest curator Jordan Stephens, the one-off evening will explore the most pressing issues affecting men and boys today. The initial lineup includes inequality economist Gary Stevenson, Poet Sam Browne, and WOW Founder and Director Jude Kelly CBE, with more special guests to be announced. WOW - Women of the World have announced WOW Presents… An Evening with Jordan Stephens and Friends…