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Film Review: First Cow
Tue 01 Jun 2021Kelly Reichardt’s plainly charming Western takes a slow amble through the business life of the frontier…
Green Hustle Gears Up For Nottingham's First Post-Lockdown Festival
Mon 31 May 2021After a successful virtual event last year, Green Hustle returns for an in-person festival in June...
Film Review: Cruella
Sat 29 May 2021Disney has released the prequel none of us needed. But is it still worth a watch? Screen Co-Editor George White thinks so...
Film Review: Demon Slayer – Mugen Train
Sat 29 May 2021All aboard – Screen Co-Editor Jamie Morris reviews this runaway anime sensation…
DHP Annouce New Event Series Arboretum Sunsets for Summer 2021
Tue 25 May 2021Following a successful summer in 2020, DHP are back with a new event series and a line up full of local and national talents, food, drink and more…
Review: Here, the Gold Ones Meet at Bonington Gallery
Tue 25 May 2021The re-opening of Bonington Gallery on Monday 17 May saw the launch of Here, the Gold Ones Meet, the result of Nottingham-based collective Reactor’s six-year-long The Gold Ones project...
Film Review: Army of the Dead
Sun 23 May 2021After the success of Zack Snyder's Justice League, the popular filmmaker is back with the action-packed zombie flick...
Film Review: Without Remorse
Thu 20 May 2021Tom Clancy's Without Remorse is fine—and that’s okay, writes Michael Vince...
Nottingham Forest Fan Rich Fisher Releases a Documentary About a Once in a Lifetime Road Trip
Wed 19 May 2021Way back in 2008, Rich Fisher headed to Mongolia with his friend Ed on a road trip. In the back of his mind, he always had the intention of making the journey into a film, but life got in the way. That was until the world came to a grinding halt, allowing Rich the time to finally create Rich and Ed’s Excellent Adventure – the story of two Forest fans on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to the other side of the world. Roshan Chandy catches up with the Notts-based filmmaker to find out more…
Film Review: The Woman in the Window
Tue 18 May 2021Amy Adams’ new Hitchcockian thriller is predictable and cliched, writes Hilary Whiteside...
Mayhem Film Festival to Return to Broadway This Year
Sun 16 May 2021After hosting a scaled-down 'Skeleton Event' last year, the organisers of the iconic Mayhem Film Festival are hoping to bring the event back to its full gory glory this October..
Myhouse Yourhouse: Coming Out of Retirement, Mental Health, and a Virtual Festival
Sat 15 May 2021It was only when the world came to a crashing halt and gig venues, clubs and record shops were forced to shut their doors, that people realised just how important music is in bringing us all together. But out of that dark period came the resurrection of Myhouse Yourhouse. Part-online gig, part community and part virtual venue, it entertained over 80,000 listeners during the last twelve months, raising huge amounts for charity in the process. Addie Kenogbon talked to creator and Notts DJ Alex Traska and DJ and events organiser Jakki Denton to find out just how this Nottingham subculture became a beacon for mental health awareness, hope and togetherness...
Film Review: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Tue 11 May 2021This animated family adventure is sweet and silly, with a little sprinkle of delightfully dystopian humour, writes Hollie Anderson...
Feelgood Films: The Movies That Lift Our Spirits
Mon 10 May 2021Movies have long been a way to lift the spirits, providing heartwarming moments and tonnes of laughs, fist-pumping action and that ugly happy-cry you do when star-crossed lovers finally end up together. To tie in with our recent self-care issue of the mag, the LeftLion screen team dive into their favourite feelgood films of all time...
Film Review: Nomadland
Mon 03 May 2021Miriam Blakemore-Hoy takes a look at this year’s Best Picture winner...
Five Years Later: The Boy and the Beast
Sat 24 Apr 2021The Boy and the Beast, animator Mamoru Hosoda’s sixth film as director, is a familiar but occasionally heartwarming coming-of-age fantasy…
Film Review: The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Tue 20 Apr 2021Andra Day literally sparkles in this moving and cinematic biopic about an American tragedy, writes Roshan Chandy...
40 Years Later: Ms .45
Sun 18 Apr 2021Ms .45, the second feature film by the controversial cult icon Abel Ferrara, is a powerful and haunting descent into trauma and revenge, writes Sebastian Mann…
Film Review: Sound of Metal
Sat 17 Apr 2021Hollie Anderson bangs the drum for Sound of Metal’s story of reliance, recovery and resilience.
Notts Screenwriter William Ivory on the Films That Influenced His Success
Wed 14 Apr 2021Southwell’s own William Ivory, BAFTA-nominated screenwriter of Made in Dagenham and Burton and Taylor, discusses the films that have influenced him throughout the years – from the scarring impact of Bambi to the rage-inducing absurdity of The Lighthouse...
Film Review: Palm Springs
Tue 13 Apr 2021This Groundhog Day–inspired romance is a funny and relatable watch, says Katie Green...
Film Review: Judas and the Black Messiah
Mon 12 Apr 2021Daniel Kaluuya is electrifying in this gripping, incendiary Black Lives Matter drama, writes Roshan Chandy...
Viral Infection: One Middle Aged Man on His Changing Relationship with Social Media
Mon 12 Apr 2021Our Editor Ashley Carter explores his changing relationship with social media, and whether it might not be the right place for a middle-aged man to exist any more...
One in Four: Nottingham's Experiences with Baby Loss
Thu 08 Apr 2021Despite occurring in a quarter of pregnancies, the subject of baby loss remains one of society’s great taboos. Friends and family can feel awkward and uncomfortable around grieving parents, who in turn are forced to bottle up their grief in order to avoid being ostracised, and antenatal classes and books all too often avoid the subject altogether. We speak to Nottingham residents Charlotte Kingsbury, who experienced eleven losses in eight pregnancies, and Carly Williams and Martin Sommerville, whose son Zephyr was stillborn in 2013, to ask why Britain is so poorly prepared to deal with baby loss...
Film Review: Minari
Sun 04 Apr 2021Minari has received countless nominations and tonnes of awards, but does it win the coveted approval of LeftLion Screen Co-Editor George White? Very much so...
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