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Interview: Airheads Inflatable Crowds
Thu 06 Feb 2014What to do when you’re making a film and you need a few thousand people for a crowd scene. It’s a logistical nightmare that has plagued directors since the dawn of cinema. But not any more thanks to Airheads who have inflatable extras by the dozen and none of them will let you down…hopefully.
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Mayhem Film Festival 2013 Preview
Wed 30 Oct 2013Mayhem Film Festival has been striking fear, and laughter, into the hearts of cinema goers for over eight years with line-ups rammed to the bloody hilt with exclusive screenings and cult classics. We spoke to directors Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil, the men who control an audience’s heart rate for four full days...
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UK Green Film Festival
Mon 03 Jun 2013As our only national environmental film fest, The UK Green Film Festival is in its third year and will span sixteen cities. Broadway will be part of the festival, showing films that focus on local and global environmental issues. We spoke to the festival’s co-founder, and Nottingham resident, John Long, about the festival’s ethos and rapid growth…
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Homeless Film Festival 2012
Mon 02 Apr 2012This April sees the inaugural Homeless Film Festival, a nationwide turning of the spotlight back on to a problem that’s getting bigger and runs deeper, than ever before - and it’s all down to Notts and Manchester collective, Donkey Stone. We spoke to Jamie Rhodes about its aims and ambitions...
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The Bothy: A Short Story by Niki Valentine
Mon 31 Oct 2011Niki Valentine - formerly Monaghan - releases her fourth novel, The Haunted, this October, just in time for Halloween. The tale of a couple holidaying in the Scottish Highlands that takes a turn for the worst, this bonus extract not available in the novel is just a taster...
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Interview: Tim Smith of Fourmost Films
Mon 06 Jun 2011Fourmost Films come from the Shop stable with a can-do attitude, a string of short films that have garnered attention from all over the place and a hunger to turn Nottingham into one of the hubs of the UK indie-film scene. Head honcho Tim Smith manages to drag his head from the edit suite long enough to spell out his masterplan…
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Interview: Pete Davis - 'the Storyteller'
Sat 13 Nov 2010A former fireman turned storyteller who’s been entertaining locals for the past couple of decades with his unique tales of local life...
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Interview: Wellington Films
Wed 01 Sept 2010"People say about Unmade Beds that they’ve never seen London look so good – that’s because it’s Nottingham"
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The Evolution of Robin Hood 1262-2010
Mon 12 Apr 2010The full run-down on the evolution of England's greatest folk legend in books, films and television
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A graffiti story
Sun 21 Jun 2009A story told against a backdrop of Street Art from round Nottingham and the Midlands
24-Hour Arty People
Mon 29 Dec 2008BritFilms gathered 30 film crews and set them the task of creating and delivering a short film in just 24 hours. LeftLion were there to follow one plucky team throughout
the process, blogging live via mobile phone. Here’s what happened...
Preview: This Is England
Sun 01 Apr 2007"The quintessential Shane Meadows picture and also his most mature film yet"
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Interview: Simon Ellis
Tue 01 Aug 2006"I don’t like anything on the telly, so I thought I’d make my own stuff"
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A History of Robin Hood in Film and Television 1938-2005
Sun 02 Oct 2005We take a look at the long history of the original gangster on both the big and small screen...
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Zoo Story
Wed 19 May 2004Are you the person who always ends up sitting next to the looney on the bus?
Five Best Films You've Never Seen
Fri 20 Feb 2004Shot in a derelict mental institution, the film boasts an uncomfortably creepy atmosphere which culminates in some shocking violence.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mon 09 Feb 2004If from war you benefit, then you must give back to it...