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Lonely Cinema Club are Hosting a Short Film Event This Month
Wed 15 Mar 2023Striving to build connections between strangers, the Lonely Cinema Club have launched a short film night. We speak to co-owner Euan to find out more about the event on March 29…
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Film Review: Scream VI
Mon 13 Mar 2023Only one year after the return of Ghostface, we're back with another entry into the classic horror franchise...
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Jasbinder Bilan Talks New Book Xanthe & the Ruby Crown
Sun 12 Mar 2023
Tackling important topics including dementia and the state-mandated removal of Indian minorities from Uganda - which saw thousands of refugees flee to the UK in the 1970s - Xanthe & the Ruby Crown is a fascinating and fantastical new novel set in our very own city. We chat to Costa Award-winning author Jasbinder Bilan all about it…
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Film Review: What's Love Got to Do with It?
Mon 06 Mar 2023Screenwriter Jemima Khan utilises lived experience for cross-cultural rom-com delight from the production company that gave us Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary...
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Film Review: Subject
Fri 03 Mar 2023It's a documentary about documentaries - and it's fascinating...
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Film Review: Broker
Mon 27 Feb 2023Broker is a brief glimpse of humanity balancing between abandonment and familial appreciation...
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Film Review: Cocaine Bear
Mon 27 Feb 2023Does Cocaine Bear deliver everything you'd expect? Pretty much...
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Comedy Group Major Labia are Launching Their First Short Film, Witches
Fri 24 Feb 2023Spreading comedy across Nottingham, Major Labia are well-known for their theatre-based comedy shows and absurdist humour. Now the group, who originally met at The Television Workshop, are creating their first short film. Titled Witches, the project explores the dynamics of female surveillance and sexuality. We catch up with Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie, Gemma Caseley-Kirk and Narisha Lawson to chat about the upcoming release…
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Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Mon 20 Feb 2023It's not going too well for Marvel at the moment...
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Film Review: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Sat 18 Feb 2023Heads up Disney, Marcel is coming for that Oscar...
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Our Favourite Films of All Time
Wed 15 Feb 2023To celebrate our special Screen issue, we asked our film writers an easy question - what is the best movie of all time?
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Preview: Mansfield Town Film Festival
Tue 14 Feb 2023Launching this year, Mansfield Town Film Festival is something to look forward to this summer...
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Film Review: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Mon 13 Feb 2023It's the dark horse of the year that nobody saw coming - and those kitten eyes have worked wonders on us too...
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Film Review: Women Talking
Mon 13 Feb 2023This marks two Oscar nominations and the LeftLion nod of approval for Women Talking...
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Pianist and Composer Chris Miggells Talks Music and His Short Film
Mon 13 Feb 2023He’s played at the Theatre Royal. He’s played at the Albert Hall. And, in a fitting tribute to his local roots, he’s played at Clipstone Headstocks. It’s safe to say local pianist and composer Chris Miggells is having a career that very few can match. We hear all about the Mansfield man’s special hometown concert, his upcoming album, Synesthese, and more…
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The Television Workshop's Ruby Thompson Talks Working on A24 Film Aftersun
Sat 04 Feb 2023If you’re a regular Broadway-goer, or just a lover of indie films, you’ve most likely heard all about Aftersun - the emotive film that made not just one, but two members of the LeftLion team cry. A raw portrayal of fatherhood, childhood and mental health struggles, it’s a very special piece of art created by Charlotte Wells. But more than that, it’s also a showcase of Nottingham talent, with multiple actors from the Television Workshop present in the film. We catch up with talented young actor Ruby Thompson, who plays Laura in the award-winning release...
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Film Review: Knock at the Cabin
Sat 04 Feb 2023M. Night Shyamalan’s back with a new taut thriller about the apocalypse…
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Film Review: The Felling
Thu 02 Feb 2023The Felling is a new documentary that tells the first-hand account of how ordinary Sheffield citizens stood up against a company waging war on the environment...
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The Lonely Cinema Club Dive Into the Link Between Film and Community
Thu 02 Feb 2023Sitting in a room full of people with at least one thing in common… Can there really be such a thing as going to the cinema alone? With the Lonely Cinema Club, Emma Carys wants to showcase the inclusivity and empowerment that film can offer, and prove that cinema is a place of untapped community - especially in Nottingham…
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The Top Five Films to Watch This February in Nottingham Cinemas
Wed 01 Feb 2023From Rom-Coms to Sci-Fi Thrillers, here's what to watch in the month of Valentines and winter blues...
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Film Review: The Fabelmans
Mon 30 Jan 2023Steven Spielberg’s deeply personal, semi-memoir joins a growing list of movie love letters to cinema…
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Film Review: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Sun 29 Jan 2023Laura Poitras' new Oscar nominated documentary looks at the life of American activist and photographer Nan Goldin...
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Film Review: EO
Fri 27 Jan 2023Jerzy Skolimowski’s late career fable about a nomadic donkey constantly moving between owners is a deeply idiosyncratic and sensory experience...
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Film Review: Babylon
Sun 22 Jan 2023It's got a pretty poor score of 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, but does Babylon get a thumbs-up from LeftLion? Meh...
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