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Live Music Review: Hockley Hustle 2017 - Part 1

It was that time of year again. The bars in Hockley were buzzing, the streets were alive with dancing, music and fire everywhere you turn, and the food vans were out in force. It was Hockley Hustle, of course - the festival that takes one of the liveliest parts of Nottingham and turns it into one hell of a day out (and night out, if you can last that long)...

Top 5 Most Successful Marvel Films

In the run up to the third Thor film, we look the most successful Marvel movies yet…

Nottingham Indie Pop All Dayer Headliner Luke Haines Talks Music

Review: Mayhem Film Festival, Day Two

Friday 13th brought on four more films from the Mayhem team...

Review: Mayhem Film Festival, Day Three

Five features and a whole heap of short films for day three of Mayhem...

17 Horror, Sci-Fi and Cult Flicks We Caught at This Year's Mayhem Film Festival

Mayhem was finally back, ensuring a glorious four days of horror, sci-fi and cult cinema goodness. We donned our lanyards, filled our bags full of Relentless (other energy drinks are available) and headed down to Broadway...

Review: Mayhem Film Festival, Day Four

We were bleary-eyed and bloodied, but not-yet beaten.  And good job too, because the final day of Mayhem Film Festival 2017 was a clouter...

Film Review: I Am Not a Witch

Welsh-Zambian director Rungano Nyoni delivers a deadpan satire of witchcraft in her debut feature film

Pete Dale Reminisces About the Nottingham Indie Pop All Dayer

Pete Dale, frontman of Milky Wimpshake, has been a regular at the Nottingham Indie Pop All Dayer for many years. This year, we sat down with him after his set to talk about what makes the event so special...

Callout for ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival Writing Residency in India

Ayup, creatives of Notts. If you’re a whizz with words or aspire to be the next big thing in the writing world, you might be interested in this special opportunity...

Film Review: The Party

A party for the political and intellectual elite ends with blood on the floor. Miriam Blakemore-Hoy went to see if The Party was worth attending...  

Live Music Review: Nottingham Indie Pop All Dayer at The Maze

The Nottingham Indie Pop All Dayer returns to The Maze, running the gamut from doyens of the DIY scene to chart-toppers. Our Gav went down to check it out...

Film Review: The Lego Ninjago Movie

They may be a bastard to step on, but the movie franchise juggernaut is rumbling on...

Film Review: The Work

Hannah Parker reviews the newest documentary tackling the difficulties of rehabilitation...

Film Review: Blade Runner 2049

35 years after Blade Runner was released, Harrison Ford is back as Rick Deckard.  We went to see if it was worth the wait...

LeftLion Film Podcast #1 - Mayhem Co-Curators Steven Sheil and Chris Cooke

Here's the first episode of the brand new LeftLion Film Podcast hosted by Derry Shillitto and Ashley Carter.  The monthly show will interview different people in the Nottingham film community, starting with Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil - the co-curators of Mayhem Film Festival.  

Southwell Music Festival 2017 in Photos

Some snaps from Southwell's cultural classic

Film Review: Victoria and Abdul

Stephen Frears' half-hearted look into a very unlikely friendship…

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Angel Microbrewery

Something a little unusual for this month's Fuzzbox as two bands en route to Liverpool Psych Fest join two local bands as I'm Not From London took over both the upstairs and downstairs at The Angel Microbrewery...

Nottingham International Film Festival Reveal Their Full 2017 Line-Up

Roll out the red carpet...

Tekonta Secta are Leading the Free Party Movement in Nottingham

Tekonta Secta is a music and art collective made up of free party people from all over Nottingham. Known for rambunctious raves that take place in the bellies of woods and the middle of Broad Street alike, they’ve even been known to book – ahem – DJ workshops, in schools. Here, the elusive boggers answer a few of our questions and treat us to a plethora of photographic treats of theirs, all for your eyeball pleasure...

Film Review: Mother!

Some loved it, some hated it.  Here's our verdict on Darren Aronofsky's controversial new feature... 

Film Review: Borg vs. McEnroe

One of the greatest sporting rivalries in tennis history has been given the big screen treatment.  Yes, we're serious. 

Preview: India on Film at Broadway Cinema

Broadway are offering the chance to see six classics of Indian cinema on the seventieth anniversary of the country's independence

Ten Greatest Film Sporting Rivalries

To celebrate the release of Borg vs. McEnroe, we take a look at ten of the greatest sporting rivalries in film