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Generations of Film: The Movies That Shaped Our Lives

Films have the power to shape our identities and the way we see the world, as well as transporting us back to simpler times. We asked our screen section writers to each share three movies that left an impact on them at three different stages over the course of their lives...

Level Up: Framework Are Running a 30 Day Fundraiser to Bridge the Digital Exclusion Gap

Digital exclusion is becoming an increasingly important issue as the world becomes more and more digitised, with studies indicating that more than 90% of jobs now require a level of digital skill. While many homeless people have access to phones, they are increasingly being left behind by advancing technology. Throughout April, Framework are encouraging locals to utilise their own gaming skills for a fundraising campaign, Level Up… 

Film Review: Godzilla vs. Kong

The much-anticipated monster mashup is a mostly enjoyable blockbuster that fails to tell a compelling story, says Jamie Morris...

No Fake Orgasms: The 30 Day Merch Campaign Raising Money for Sex Education Charity Fumble

Frustrated by the lack of education for young people around consensual and pleasurable sex, artist and fitness coach July Styles has created No Fake Orgasms, a clothing collection designed to shout loudly and proudly about her effort to de-stigmatise not climaxing...

15 Years Later: V for Vendetta

It's been 15 years since this iconic film, but does it still hold up? Screen Co-Editor George White thinks so...

Film Review: Zack Snyder's Justice League

The director’s cut of DC Comics’ superhero team-up is four hours of wacky, over-the-top fun, writes Screen section co-editor Jamie Morris...

Film Review: Paper Lives

Netflix’s new Turkish-language drama, Paper Lives, is a melodramatic slog…

50 Years Later: Get Carter

Does Get Carter get a good review fifty years on? More or less...

Film Review: Coven of Sisters

Why is Netflix’s latest release about witches lacking in magic?

Film Review: Coming 2 America

Prince Akeem's long-awaited return is a messy and soulless nostalgia trip...

Metronome Have Expanded Their Virtual Line Up with Three Events from Nottingham Poetry Festival featuring Henry Normal

Following the success of the virtual festival and a string of gigs at the latter end of 2020, the venue announced further big names for their Metronome Sessions… 

The Carousel Launches International Womxn's Day Exhibition

The project showcases artists from all over the UK and is created by womxn, about womxn, to celebrate womxn...

Beeston Film Festival returns for its seventh year

Beeston Film Festival is set to return for its seventh year.

International Women's Day: #Choosetochallenge in Music

International Women's Day 2021: Women Who #ChooseToChallenge

In celebration of International Women's Day 2021, we've complied a list of articles showcasing times in which Nottingham Women have actively chosen to challenge the norm...

Dead Quiet is a New Short Film That’s a Different Viewing Experience Because of Lockdown

Screen section co-editor Jamie Morris talks to filmmaker Alex Withers about how the pandemic has changed the way people will experience Dead Quiet, his new short film...

Follow the Rebel Writers Trail on World Book Day

Can you find all thirteen plaques?

Southwell Music Festival set to return in 2021

The programme of classical and choral music, which takes place in the heart of Nottinghamshire, is scheduled to return this August...

Notts Filmmaker Jay Martin to Direct BBC Documentaries

The No Jobs In The Arts Fringe Festival

The free digital festival takes place on February 26/27 and is aimed at creatives in the visual arts working across the East Midlands...

Film Review: News of the World

Tom Hanks’ latest outing is an intriguing yet slow-moving journey, says Joanna Hoyes...

Film Review: Red Dot

The new Swedish-language survival thriller, Red Dot, starts out as a tense ride but ends up feeling about as empty as its barren scenery…

Robin Hood Beer And Cider Festival Set For 2021 Trent Bridge Switch

Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival, Nottingham CAMRA’s flagship annual event, has secured a new home at Trent Bridge cricket ground.

Film Review: To All the Boys - Always & Forever

In the third and final instalment of the Netflix original trilogy, this time we see Lara Jean and Peter set off for college, with LJ having to make some tough decisions not only in terms of her own future, but her relationship with Peter…

“It Takes Everything That Could be Romantic and Sucks it into a Black Hole Vortex” - Romance Novelist Mhairi McFarlane on Why Valentine’s Day is Overrated

Author Mhairi McFarlane is based in Nottingham, but writes about romance for a worldwide audience. Her debut novel, You Had Me At Hello, has been translated into sixteen languages and is being developed as a major feature film. In the run up to the release of her seventh novel, Last Night, she explains to us why she thinks Valentine’s Day is a tad overrated...