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LeftLion Screen Podcast #4 - Chris Cooke on One for the Road, Broadway Cinema and Notts' Screen Scene

This month's podcast includes a chat with One for the Road director Chris Cooke, a review of The Northman, and a great debate about a certain Nicolas Cage...

Theatre review: Wuthering Heights

A mesmerising and inventive restaging of the classic tale.

Exhibition Review: A Female Gaze at Nottingham Castle

A Female Gaze crosses the generational divide, as Caroline Walker and Dame Laura Knight question the power of the gaze. As their portraits of women look back at us, we must ask who is really looking at who

We Chat to Bru-C and Crazy P Ahead of Detonate Festival

Ahead of Detonate Festival on Saturday 4 June, we talk to the two biggest Notts-grown acts on the bill - Bru-C and Crazy P's Danielle Moore - about their weirdest festival experiences, dream collaborations and must-pack items...

Gig Review: Dua Lipa at Motorpoint Arena

After a decent pandemic-induced delay, Dua Lipa is finally on her planet-spanning Future Nostalgia tour - bringing her award-winning talent to Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena...

Out of Time: The History of the Hemlock Stone

On the outskirts of Stapleford lies a striking phenomenon in the form of the Hemlock Stone. Believed to have been a focal point for communities ranging from the Celts to the Romans, this fascinating rock formation has baffled locals for millenia, with some claiming it was the work of the Devil himself. We investigate this magnificent marvel in further detail…

Film Review: Small Body

Themes of faith and loss are explored to great effect in this fairy tale-like Italian drama…

10 Years Later: The Avengers

We like to cover movies that may otherwise be overlooked here at LeftLion, so we thought we'd shine a light on this hidden gem a decade after its release...

Gig Review: The Mission at Rock City

One of the country's finest gothic rock bands at one of the city's greatest rock venues? You can't go wrong...

Film Review: Morbius

As another super hero hits our screen, we ask whether we’re tired of watching the same film over
and over...

Review: Nottingham International Film Festival 2022

Back at full capacity, and in an earlier time slot in the year than usual, Nottingham International Film Festival returned to take over Savoy Cinema and Nottingham Contemporary. We sent Kieran Burt over to check out some of the highlights...

Overhead in Notts

You lot do come out with some absolute rammel...

Film Review: Benedetta

If there's one thing Paul Verhoeven is known for, it's causing controversy. Is his latest release, Benedetta, any different? Hell no...

6 of the Best Fantasy Films of All Time (That Aren't Lord of the Rings)

5 Great Things to Do in Nottingham This Week: People Person, Broadway Mystery Film and More

From ice hockey to books on isolation, we've got a proper varied week in Nottingham coming up...

Food Review: Sea and Earth

Vegan battered sausage, 'Vish' cakes and banana blossom fried 'fish'? Sign us up...

We Explore the Rise of Magic Practices in Nottingham, From Wicca to Paganism

From the success of cult classic films like The Craft and Sabrina The Teenage Witch, to modern flicks like The Love Witch, our media suggests we’re thoroughly intrigued by magic, and those practising it. But, aside from campy movies, what do you actually know about witchcraft, Wicca and Paganism? On a mission to find out more, our writers George White and Lizzy O’Riordan joined together to learn about the history of witchcraft and how it’s practised in the modern day. Talking to Dr Thomas Waters about the persecutions of the past, and magic shop owner Soroya Cordery about the thriving present, they discover why the practice holds such a powerful grasp on our zeitgeist…