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Nottingham Arts Mela Returns to the New Art Exchange for Its 32nd Year

Tue 04 Aug 2020

As Nottingham Mela Network, in partnership with New Art Exchange, gets ready to celebrate the 32nd year of Nottingham Arts Mela in the UK, Alex Stubbs previews the exciting, eclectic online programme of cooking, films featuring South Asian diaspora worldwide, music, dance, debates, poetry and spoken word, family art workshops, murals, archives activated, morning raags and yoga…

25 Years Later: Kids

Tue 28 Jul 2020

A hyper-realistic, fly-on-the-wall story, Kids is the product of 19-year-old writer Harmony Korine and photographer-cum-filmmaker Larry Clark. 25 years old this month, the film is set in the heart of New York, where Clark and Korine capture the disturbing hedonism and reckless nature of pubescent youth...

10 Years Later: Toy Story 3

Fri 24 Jul 2020

A decade on, Screen Co-Editor George White thinks it's time for people to finally admit that this is the best film in the Toy Story quadrilogy...

Southwell Jewellery Store Last Night I Dreamt on Setting Up Shop, Significant Trinkets, and Sending Love During Lockdown

Wed 22 Jul 2020

The bright lights of Nottingham’s city centre might not be quite as bright – or as busy – as they were six months ago. Yet, for one shop in Southwell, lockdown has been a little different. Nestled in North Nottinghamshire, Last Night I Dreamt is not only a curated collection of the best treasure that British brands have to offer, but is also a hive for jewellery lovers up and down the country. Our Fashion Editor, Anna Murphy, spoke to its owner, Rebecca Gibbions to find out more...

25 Years Later: Batman Forever

Tue 14 Jul 2020

We take a trip to the neon-coated streets of Joel Schumacher's Gotham City...

30 Years Later: Back to the Future Part III

Sat 11 Jul 2020

On its 30th anniversary, we once again go “Back to the Future” for the iconic trilogy’s final instalment.

10 Years Later: The Twilight Saga - Eclipse

Thu 09 Jul 2020

Joanna Hoyes looks back on the third film in the Twilight franchise, a decade after its release...

30 Years Later: Total Recall

Wed 08 Jul 2020

It's been 30 years since Arnold Schwarzenegger took a trip to Mars, and raked in a box office revenue of $261,317,921 in the process...

10 Years Later: Inception

Wed 01 Jul 2020

“You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling” - Chris King delves into Christopher Nolan’s dreamworld…

25 Years Later: Judge Dredd

Tue 30 Jun 2020

It's been 25 years since Judge Dredd, which currently boasts a rating of 19% on Rotten Tomatoes - Screen Co-Editor George White thinks that might be too generous...

20 Years Later: Chicken Run

Sun 28 Jun 2020

Egg-cellent or dated? Chris King reviews Chicken Run as it turns 20.

70 Years Later: In a Lonely Place

Fri 19 Jun 2020

Seventy years after its release, we visit auteur Nicolas Ray’s fifties film noir murder mystery.

15 Years Later: Batman Begins

Tue 16 Jun 2020

Will Channell explores why Christopher Nolan’s gritty Batman reboot remains relevant today...

A 11 Year Old in Lockdown

Thu 04 Jun 2020

With social media and the endless cycle of 24-hour news, it’s easy to get lost in the stories of how COVID-19 has affected adults. But with schools reportedly opening sooner than most of society, eleven-year-old Jagoda Brown-Polanowska describes her experiences of lockdown…

30 Years Later: Pretty Woman

Mon 01 Jun 2020

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Katie Green looks back on this romantic classic starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, which shares similarities with George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.

15 Years Later: The Cat Returns

Wed 27 May 2020

15 years since its UK release, Miriam Blakemore-Hoy revisits this Studio Ghibli anime classic...

80 Years Later: Pinocchio

Wed 13 May 2020

Roshan Chandy looks back on this Disney classic and all of its creepy delights...

20 Years Later: Gladiator

Tue 12 May 2020

Here’s another anniversary to make you feel old - Ridley Scott’s sand and sandals epic Gladiator is now 20. It’s time to take a look and see if the Oscar-winning spectacle has stood up to the tests of time...

15 Years Later: Kingdom of Heaven

Thu 07 May 2020

With the film set to mark its 15th anniversary, Ashley Carter looks back at the legacy of Ridley Scott’s overlooked historical epic Kingdom of Heaven...

40 Years Later: The Empire Strikes Back

Mon 04 May 2020

It has been four decades since the most iconic Star Wars movie came out in cinemas across the world. George White takes a look at why it remains so popular all these years later...

80 Years Later: Gone with the Wind

Tue 28 Apr 2020

Hollie Anderson says this is a part of Hollywood’s history that needs to be viewed with caution...

Love Your Locals: How to Support Your Independents in Their Time of Need

Tue 28 Apr 2020

We’re a city with a long and proud history of independence, and currently boast one of the most diverse, active and eclectic independent business communities in the country. Unfortunately, the ongoing health crisis has resulted in many of them being among the hardest hit, and the majority of Nottingham’s independents have had to either close their doors or find creative ways to stay afloat until things return to normal. While these are obviously times of financial uncertainty for many of us, there are still ways that you can support your local independent businesses without leaving the house…