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WRITING OPPORTUNITY: Review the Nottdance 2019 Festival

Thu 05 Sep 2019

Are you an avid dance fan? Do you have a passion for writing and reviewing live events? Great. Check this out…

Film Review: Pain and Glory

Mon 02 Sep 2019

Pedro Almodóvar's semi-autobiographical story is screening at Broadway Cinema now...

Film Review: Hail Satan?

Mon 02 Sep 2019

Fabrice Gagos headed down to Broadway Cinema to check out Mayhem's screening of Hail Satan?

For a decade, Kris Graham-Martin has been tirelessly bringing some of the brightest rock and metal acts together for an annual festival in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. 2019 is Macmillan Fest's swansong, so we caught up with Kris to find out about this incredible event's beginnings and endings...

Mayhem Film Festival Announces Three New Films

Thu 22 Aug 2019

With less than two months to go until their 2019 event kicks off, Mayhem have announced three more films from their 15th festival...

LeftLion Film Podcast #20 - Neither Wolf Nor Dog director Steven Lewis Simpson

Wed 21 Aug 2019

Steven Lewis Simpson, director of Neither Wolf Nor Dog, joins hosts Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto to discuss the history of Native America representation in the cinema, his unique independent distribution methods and his brilliant new film, which is screening at Broadway Cinema from Thursday 22 August...

Next Door Dance Are Heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Wed 21 Aug 2019

When it comes to performing innovative and exciting performances, Next Door Dance know how to bring the fun. Made up of four women based in Nottingham, they put on shows both within the community and around the country. We spoke to members Laura Savage and Jennifer Manderson about the group’s past work, their upcoming stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and what the future holds...

Film Review: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Mon 19 Aug 2019

Quentin Tarantino's highly anticipated ninth film is in cinemas now...

Film Review: Otherhood

Mon 19 Aug 2019

Our Miriam Blakemore-Hoy was less-than-impressed with Cindy Chupack's new Netflix film...

Film Review: Vita and Virginia

Mon 19 Aug 2019

Chanya Button's new film about the love affair between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West has divided critical opinion. Here's our two cents...

Snap Notts: The Windmill

Sun 18 Aug 2019

This month's collaboration takes inspiration from Green's Windmill...

Preview: Journeys Festival International

Wed 14 Aug 2019

Fancy heading a little further afield to get your arts and culture fix? Journeys Festival International in Leicester have got you covered this August...

Film Review: Blinded by the Light

Wed 14 Aug 2019

We went to check out Gurinder Chadha's feel-good story of a British-Pakistani teenager growing up in 1980s Luton whose life is changed by the discovery of Bruce Springsteen...

Fourteen Year Old Photographer Indy Kiemel-Greene: "The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world, and it's only going to get worse."

Wed 14 Aug 2019

It’s not just adults that are raising more awareness about the environment - more and more young people are getting closer to nature too. Indy Kiemel-Greene is just fourteen, and is already a keen wildlife volunteer and photographer. We spoke to him about his work, attending the Time for Now lobby, and how people can help wildlife to thrive...

Film Review: Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

Mon 12 Aug 2019

Terry Deary's books might an institution to those of us that grew up in Britain, but how will our French-born film reviewer react to the big-screen adaptation of Rotten Romans?

Preview: Magic of Thailand Festival at the Forest Recreation Ground

Fri 09 Aug 2019

After taking their festival to nine other cities, this weekend sees the Magic of Thailand festival comes to Nottingham…

Film Review: Knife+Heart

Mon 29 Jul 2019

A porn producer, a broken heart, a serial killer… what more could we want from a French thriller?

Preview: Mayhem Film Festival

Fri 26 Jul 2019

Lights, camera, festival...

Live Music Review: Splendour Festival

Tue 23 Jul 2019

Bleddy hell, what about those showers at Splendour this year? We got soaked to the bone, duck. Thankfully it cleared over just in time for some skanking to The Specials. In all seriousness though, what a spectacular day for music. Here’s the sets which got our Music Editors proper hyped….

Film Review: Tell It to the Bees

Tue 23 Jul 2019

Annabel Jankel's adaptation of Fiona Shaw's novel is screening at Broadway Cinema now...

Film Review: The Lion King

Tue 23 Jul 2019

The pursuit of this hyper-realistic reimagining seems to be to create something convincing, but in a plot that surrounds lions and meerkats singing together in perfect harmony, audiences don’t want to be convinced, they want to be entertained…

Film Review: The Dead Don't Die

Mon 22 Jul 2019

Jim Jarmusch's star-filled zom-com doesn't quite hit all the right notes, but still contains an important message about the ills of modern life.

Notts to Host Festival of Skate Culture

Fri 19 Jul 2019

Skateboarding will become an Olympic sport for the first time in Tokyo next summer. Nottingham is one of the sport’s original homes in the UK, with a vibrant community and culture going back more than fifty years, including internationally known professionals such as Carl Shipman in the 1990s and now Alex Hallford, who is one of just five skaters nationwide to be supported to compete in global Olympic qualification events in the run-up to Tokyo.

Live Music Review: Waterfront Festival 2019

Fri 19 Jul 2019

On a hot and muggy day in July, with the backdrop of Nottingham Canal providing an ideal juxtaposition of industrial and picturesque - a reminder of the dystopian theme of this year’s Waterfront Festival - the Canalhouse hosted an eclectic marathon of local talent…