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Film From The Actors Workshop Gets Premiere at Savoy Cinema

Mon 14 Nov 2022

Echoes of the Fallen will take over the Lenton cinema this week. We chat to The Actors Workshop's Clare McGill all about it...

5 of the Best Events in Nottingham This Week: One Cut of the Dead, Elvana and More

Mon 14 Nov 2022

Indie, grunge, jazz - it's a musical week in the city...

Four of the Best Fantasy Books to Read This Autumn

Sat 12 Nov 2022

Cosy books for the cosy months. We picked out our top four favourite fantasy novels.

A Day in the Life Behind the Bar of Sneinton’s The King Billy

Fri 11 Nov 2022

Taking over the family business eight years ago, Jon Blyth is now the proud owner of Sneinton hotspot The King Billy. Dedicated to community and inclusion, he tells all about how the pub fell to him and why he loves his job…

Author Julie Malone Talks Us Through Middleway Words Festival

Fri 04 Nov 2022

Middleway Words is a new festival with ambitions to share Midlands authors with the world. A mix of online and live events, the jewel in Middleway’s crown is a celebration at Waterstones for Nottingham’s literary talents. Ahead of the event, LeftLion talks to Julie Malone, one of the festival organisers, about her personal journey to authordom…

The Doc'n Roll Film Festival Returns to Venues Across Nottingham This Month

Tue 01 Nov 2022

The Doc'n Roll Film Festival finally arrives in Nottingham on Thursday 3 November, after two false dawns due to that pesky blighter COVID-19. LeftLion sits down with festival organisers and curators Mark McIntyre and Marcus Duffield to talk all things music, the importance of a great documentary and what we Nottingham folks can expect from this year’s event…

Film Review: The Good Nurse

Mon 31 Oct 2022

This serial killer drama has a lot to say...

How New Nottingham Short Film Hamster Is Putting a Twist on the Typical War Movie

Sat 29 Oct 2022

From being nominated for awards to screening at Broadway Cinema, Scott Driver’s short film, Hamster, has made its mark on audiences and critics alike. And, with its powerful message on PTSD and the impact of war, it’s easy to see why…

9 of the Best Horror Films of All Time

Tue 25 Oct 2022

From quiet places to ghostfaced killers, here are some of the greatest horrors to grace the big screen...

How Notts Filmmaker Georgianna Scurfield Is Celebrating the City’s Iconic Cattle Market

Tue 25 Oct 2022

For 136 years, Nottingham Cattle Market has been a bedrock of the community. As a livestock market and, much later, a home for market stalls and Arthur Johnson & Sons auctioneers, it’s an eclectic ecosystem of stories, experience and big personalities tucked behind Meadow Lane near Trent Bridge. With a view to cataloguing the past and present of the market’s history for future generations, filmmaker Georgianna Scurfield launched The Cattle Market Project, a Heritage Lottery-funded documentary, photography, animation, oral history and historical archive project aimed at celebrating a Nottingham institution…

Film Review: My Policeman

Mon 24 Oct 2022

Harry Styles takes the lead in new 1950s melodrama about the love triangle between a schoolteacher, a museum curator, and a policeman…

Film Review: Decision to Leave

Sun 23 Oct 2022

Park Chan-wook is back - and his work is as enthralling as ever...

Film Review: The Banshees of Inisherin

Sat 22 Oct 2022

Martin McDonagh reunites with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for this powerful tale of a broken friendship...

Nottingham Comedy Festival Returns

Wed 19 Oct 2022

Nottingham Comedy Festival is back in November, here's the lowdown...

Review: London Film Festival 2022

Tue 18 Oct 2022

Wanting to make sure it's not just those posh lot in the capital getting to see all the greatest new releases, we sent Jack Francis down south for two weeks of world premieres, incredible debuts and a surprising amount of cannibalism...

Film Review: Triangle of Sadness

Tue 18 Oct 2022

Another film, another Palme d'Or for Rubel Östlund, this time for a release that plays like a mashup of Gosford Park, Parasite and Lord of the Flies...

Film Review: Halloween Ends

Mon 17 Oct 2022

Over four decades after the original Halloween, it all ends with this...

Review: Mayhem Film Festival 2022

Mon 17 Oct 2022

Four days of old-school favourites, brand-new releases and everything in between - Mayhem Film Festival was back with a bang...

Coming to Hockley This Autumn, We Hear More About the Nottingham Coffee Festival

Sun 16 Oct 2022

From 200 Degrees and Blend to Stewarts and Yolk, just walk a few metres in Nottingham and you’re sure to find yourself at another coffee shop thanks to the city’s vibrant and ever-growing community. That’s why, inspired by our very own cafe society, friends Josh Eaton and Matt Vassey decided to set up the Nottingham Coffee Festival, which will be coming to High Pavement this October. We catch up with co-creator Josh to hear about his hopes for the event…