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Film Review: The Hustle

Sun 19 May 2019

Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway star in Chris Addison's remake of comedy classic Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...

14 Unmissable Acts at This Year's Dot To Dot Festival

Sun 19 May 2019

With almost 30 venues and over 100 acts set to grace stages across Notts at this year's Dot To Dot Festival, we’re here to help you avoid the inevitable set-clash heartache and venue-hopping sweat. Here’s who we’re champing at the bit to see...

Film Review: High Life

Fri 17 May 2019

Claire Denis's slow-paced space drama is a far cry away from the alien-filled adventure films that normally make up the sci-fi genre...

Preview: Shots in the Dark Film Festival at Broadway Cinema

Fri 17 May 2019

Broadway's crime, mystery and thriller season returns with retrospectives, previews, rare classics and visits from legendary film VIPs....

Film Review: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Thu 16 May 2019

Following on from his Conversations with a Killer... documentary, director Joe Berlinger is back with another Ted Bundy film, this time starring Zac Efron as the serial killer...

Wigflex City Festival's First Year Was Banging: Review and Pictures

Sun 12 May 2019

When Wigflex announced it was going to host a city-wide music and arts festival, we didn't really know what to expect. Here’s what happened at the inaugural party...

Why We Must Save the Marcus Garvey Day Care Centre

Fri 10 May 2019

Panya Banjoko explains why saving the Marcus Garvey Day Care Centre is vital...

Film Review: Vox Lux

Wed 08 May 2019

Brady Corbet's allegory for the decline of the American dream is in cinemas now...

Film Review: Eighth Grade

Fri 03 May 2019

Bo Burnham's story of an introverted teenager trying to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school is in cinemas now...

LeftLion Film Podcast #18 - Bella Ramsey: Game of Thrones

Wed 01 May 2019

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto are delighted to be joined by actress Bella Ramsey, fresh from her role as Lady Lyanna Mormont in the final series of Game of Thrones. They talk about being the number one trending person on Twitter this week, filming her final scenes for the show and her new role as an Ambassador for The Prince William Award through Nottingham charity SkillForce...

And for the first time in LeftLion Film Podcast history, we've got a prize to give away: You can get your hands on a brand new, official Game of Thrones Monopoly set hand signed by Bella by listening...

Poet Andrew McMillan on Gearing Up for His Nottingham Poetry Festival Performance

Wed 01 May 2019

Georgina Wilding spoke to Andrew McMillan ahead of his Metronome show as a part of Nottingham Poetry Festival on Wednesday 1 May...

Film Review: Avengers: Endgame

Mon 29 Apr 2019

It's the big one we've all been waiting for...

Film Review: Shazam!

Fri 26 Apr 2019

In amidst all of the Marvel hoopla going on at the moment, DC are here to remind us that they're still very much in the game...

LeftLion Film Podcast #17 - Jonny Owen

Thu 25 Apr 2019

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto talk to actor and filmmaker Jonny Owen about his 2015 documentary I Believe in Miracles, and his new role as director at Nottingham Forest

History of the Weird Midlands Episode Eight: Mysteries of the Midlands, Part Two

Thu 25 Apr 2019

Against all odds, we've reached the end of another series! In the season two finale, the gang investigate the mysterious Derbyshire Dogman, the illusive Nottinghamshire big cat, the mind-boggling Hollingwell Incident, and the most mystifying location to have ever graced our fine county: St. Anne's.

Electronica Producer Max Cooper Will Return to Notts for Wiglex City Festival

Wed 24 Apr 2019

Wigflex City Festival is set to be an impressive showcase of the musical talent Nottingham has spawned. One of these names is Max Cooper, an established producer who’s returning to his uni hometown this May. We quizzed Max on the Notts he knew, before he heads back to play...

Film Review: Red Joan

Mon 22 Apr 2019

Trevor Nunn directs Dame Judi Dench in the story of the 1930s Cambridge student who was arrested for passing classified information to the Soviet Union...

Film Review: Unicorn Store

Mon 22 Apr 2019

A woman named Kit receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfil her childhood dreams in Brie Larson's feature-length directorial debut...

Film Review: Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

Mon 22 Apr 2019

Oh blimey, the Frank Sidebottom story is totally bobbins

The Nottingham Poetry Festival is Returning This April

Mon 22 Apr 2019

Now in its fourth year, Nottingham Poetry Festival 2019 looks set to be the biggest and busiest yet, with an eclectic array of events, workshops and performances filling a jam-packed ten-day schedule between 26 April - 5 May, filling venues like Lakeside Arts Centre, New Art Exchange and Metronome. Our Poetry Editor Chris McLoughlin gives us a run down of some of the highlights...