Review: New Irish Shorts at Gaze
2026's New Irish Shorts are urgent and heartfelt. Familiar queer tales of tradition and family come in new shapes and sizes as Khushi Jain reviews.
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Review: E.T.
More than four decades after its release, Erin McDonagh looks back at E.T. and considers why Spielberg’s tender exploration of childhood, family, and empathy continues to resonate.
Review: Our Hero, Balthazar
A darkly comic tale of teenage ambition, performative activism, and an unlikely friendship, Norma Farley Bodie looks at 'Our Hero, Balthazar.'
Review: From the Human to the Inhuman
Rouzbeh Rashidi’s From the Human to the Inhuman offers an unusually intimate portrait of an experimental filmmaker attempting to make sense of his own practice. Ahead of his workshop, Neil Cadieux takes a look.
Review: Testing Limits Short Films at Gaze
Sleek, sexy, and thrilling: Khushi Jain reviews the Testing Limits shorts block at Gaze.
Short Film Review: My Friend, Kev
A quietly unsettling portrait of friendship and radicalisation. My friend, Kev follows Colin Peppard as he reconnects with a friend whose politics have taken a dramatic turn. Hayley Jorja reviews