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Music Reviews: December 2014 - January 2015
Tue 20 Jan 2015With Lviv, Apalusa, Beth Frisby, Blue Vulture, Cecil Chamberlain, Ear Vings, Ivory Serfs, Jamie Moon, Karhide, Lois and Reckless
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Book Reviews: December 2014 - January 2015
Fri 16 Jan 2015With Kim Slater, Andrew Graves, Matt Haig, Al Needham, Rikki Marr, Jai Verna, and Andy Croft
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LeftLion's Best Films of 2014
Thu 01 Jan 2015So what, in our humble opinions, were the top films of the year?
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LeftLion's Best Films of 2014
Thu 01 Jan 2015So what, in our humble opinions, were the top films of the year?
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LeftLion's Worst Films of 2014
Wed 31 Dec 2014We choose the year's movies that probably should have stayed unmade
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Pick of the Week: New Year's Eve Special
Sun 28 Dec 2014We know how hard it can be deciding what to do for New Year, so we've saved you a job
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New Wave Short Films
Tue 02 Dec 2014We chat to Derry Shillitto about his production company and short film festival
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Bang! Short Film Festival Is Calling It A Day
Thu 27 Nov 2014Short films are perfect. Perfect for the filmmaker wanting to showcase what they can do, perfect for the YouTube generation struggling to concentrate on anything for more than an hour, perfect for creating some of the most diverse film festivals out there. Bang! Short Film Festival started off small but, as the digital age took hold and their audiences got bigger, it grew into a beast of a festival. Unfortunately, after fifteen years of filling Broadway’s screens with bite-sized reels, they’ve called it a day. We get all nostalgic and look at what the festival meant to filmmakers and audiences alike...
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Gallery 47 All Will Be Well - A Poddingham Film
Tue 18 Nov 2014Jack Peachey has just released his second album, the perfect excuse for a short film that includes live footage from his support slot with Paul Weller
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Mr Stitch Films: Anthony Winson
Mon 10 Nov 2014We interview the Nottingham based filmmaker who has just made a feature film set in a haunted house
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Boardwalk Empire and the Ongoing Battle Between TV and Film
Wed 05 Nov 2014"HBO are doubtlessly at the forefront of small-screen entertainment, having produced some of the greatest series of all time."
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Mayhem Film Festival 2014: Day Four - Part Two
Wed 05 Nov 2014What We Do In The Shadows, Daughter of Horror, with a live score from 8mm Orchestra, and Monsters: Dark Continent were the last films of this year's festival
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Mayhem Film Festival 2014: Day Four - Part One
Tue 04 Nov 2014Predestination and The ABCs Of Death 2 were a great start to the festival's last day
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Mayhem Film Festival: Day Three - Part Two
Mon 03 Nov 2014Scary Shorts, The Canal, and Stagefright led us into the early hours of the morning
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Mayhem Film Festival: Day Three - Part One
Sun 02 Nov 2014Dead Snow 2, Starry Eyes, and Housebound were the first films on the menu for Saturday.
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Mayhem Film Festival 2014: Day Two
Sat 01 Nov 2014Coherence, The Town That Dreaded Sundown and the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre were Friday night's Halloween entertainment
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Mayhem Film Festival 2014: Day One
Fri 31 Oct 2014The tenth anniversary of the festival starts its main four days with an Astron-6 showcase and the Scottish/Irish film Let Us Prey
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Pick of the Week: Halloween Special 2014
Sun 26 Oct 2014It's all very well and good begging in the streets for tuffies, but there are some wicked parties to get ghouling along to this year
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World War II in Film
Sat 25 Oct 2014A decade by decade rundown of some the greatest films made about the Second World War
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Sound of the Lion: Goth Special,Sound of The Lion
Sun 12 Oct 2014We teamed-up with Nightbreed to bring you a selection of songs from the Nottingham goth scene past and present
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Scalarama: Tabloid
Sat 20 Sept 2014Screen 22 screened this wonderfully weird documentary as part of September's Scalarama events.
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A Beginner's Guide to Silent Films
Wed 17 Sept 2014The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari has been remastered, and is set for a re-release, so we decided to recommend a few other silent movies
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Scalarama: The Conformist
Thu 11 Sept 2014This 1970 Italian film was shown by Watergate Cinematek film club as part of September's film events
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Interview: Sleaford Mods on Divide and Exit
Mon 08 Sept 2014Sleaford Mods have been playing Notts for the best part of a decade in one form or another. But after releasing their new album Divide and Exit, the rest of the world started to take notice. We caught up with frontman Jason Williamson for a celebratory beer...
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Danny Rhodes Author and Forest Fan on Hillsborough
Thu 04 Sept 2014Football in the eighties: Dilapidated stadia. Cages. Hooliganism. Belonging. Kenilworth Road. Heysel. Bradford. And then Hillsborough. Danny Rhodes’ third novel takes us back to 15 April 1989 and a match that would change the lives of fans forever...
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