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Film Review: The Little Stranger

Sat 29 Sep 2018

We went to check out the spooky new film from director Lenny Abrahamson and, well, were left feeling disappointingly spookless.

Film Review: Mile 22

Mon 24 Sep 2018

Mark Wahlberg teams up with director Peter Berg for the third time in one of this Summer's biggest blockbusters: Mile 22. But is it as good as their previous collaborations?

F for Film: James Gunn and the Age of Outrage

Fri 21 Sep 2018

Our Screen Editor's take on Hollywood's period of insanity...

Film Review: King of Thieves

Thu 20 Sep 2018

Sir Michael Caine and Ray Winstone stars in the big-screen story of the Hatton Garden Heist...

Film Review: Lucky

Wed 19 Sep 2018

Harry Dean Stanton makes peace with getting old in this touching tale of acceptance and connection...

Art Works: Charlie Delaney's Short Film Trentside

Fri 14 Sep 2018

Charlie Delaney gives us the lowdown on his film Trentside...

Film Review: American Animals

Thu 13 Sep 2018

We took a peek at Bart Layton's American Animals, which blurs the lines between documentary and fiction in its portrayal of the real-life story of one of the most audacious heists in US history...

Film Review: BlacKkKlansman

Wed 05 Sep 2018

Spike Lee's latest film tells the true story of Ron Stallworth, a black police detective who successfully infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s.

Film Review: The Children Act

Tue 04 Sep 2018

Emma Thompson impresses in Richard Eyre's adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel, but we're not entirely convinced The Children Act is well suited for the big screen...

The Nottingham Film Quiz

Sun 02 Sep 2018

Are you Nottingham for reel? Do you know the difference between Broadway on 42nd Street and Broadway on Broad Street?

LeftLion's Feature-Length Documentary The Lord of Milan Goes To China

Fri 31 Aug 2018

Last year, we at LeftLion released our first feature-length documentary, telling the tale of the Notts man who founded AC Milan. In August our Editor-in-Chief Jared Wilson went out to show The Lord of Milan in two of China’s biggest sports arenas. It seems a long way from that pokey little Mansfield Road house our Herbert was born in…

Film Review: Christopher Robin

Thu 23 Aug 2018

Christopher Robin is all grown up and in desperate need of his old friend Pooh in Marc Foster's new film about A.A. Milne's famous characters

The Maasai Cricket Warriors Come to Notts

Thu 16 Aug 2018

This week Notts welcomes the famous Maasai Cricket Warriors as part of their UK tour; it’s an action packed schedule running until Saturday 1 September. The team will be all over the shop in the coming weeks to raise awareness of gender inequality, the End FGM Campaign, hate crime, modern slavery, conservation and promoting their culture and country, Kenya...

101 Beads Shows the Kurdistan War in Pictures

Thu 16 Aug 2018

Kurdish native, Gaylan Nazhad, spent two years on the frontline, taking photographs and learning the stories of those displaced from the regional war between Kurdistan and ISIS. Gaylan resides in Nottingham where he is a filmmaker, photographer and the owner of a barber shop on Derby Road. With help from anthropologist Ben Houghton, he’s put together a book of his photography, 101 Beads: Kurdistan in War, which shares some bleak truths from his experiences on the frontline…

Film Review: Generation Wealth

Wed 15 Aug 2018

Watch the new American Dream crash and burn through the lens of photographer Lauren Greenfield

Film Review: Leaning Into the Wind

Wed 15 Aug 2018

Director Thomas Riedelscheimer presents a documentary about the globally celebrated, award winning artist Andy Goldsworthy, the man known for creating unique work that combines materials from everyday surroundings.

F for Film: Scarlett Johansson and the LGBTQ+ controversy

Sat 11 Aug 2018

Our Screen Editor's tackles the issue of transgender castings...

Film Review: Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

Sat 11 Aug 2018

There's bad films, there's terrible films, and then there's this pile of cack...

A Cave Tour, Quiz and Batman Screening for National Justice Museum’s Superhero Season

Tue 07 Aug 2018

The National Justice Museum kicked off their Superhero Movie Season with a screening of the 1989 classic Batman. Jason England took a break from sweatin’ cobs to head down and check out the event…

Film Review: Heart Beats Loud

Tue 07 Aug 2018

Brett Haley directs Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons in the feel-good indie film about a father/daughter musical duo...

The Next Step for England’s Football Team...

Thu 02 Aug 2018

Gareth Southgate’s England team endeared themselves to the country with a string of joyous, entertaining performances in Russia at the World Cup. Their trajectory to the semi-finals captured the imagination of the nation, but how exactly do England go about building on the firm foundations at this tournament, and how will their achievements carry forward into the future?