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Film Review: Faya Dayi

Mon 18 Jul 2022

This Ethiopian documentary is one of the most beautiful films of the year so far…

Film Review: The Princess

Mon 18 Jul 2022

A gritty feminist fighter film, or boring Disney filler?

Film Review: Thor: Love and Thunder

Thu 14 Jul 2022

Taika Waititi returns to the franchise that launched his career into the stratosphere - but should he have? Weellll...

Theatre Review: A One-Act Event by the West Bridgford Dramatic Society

Thu 14 Jul 2022

This talented stage group continues to prove itself as a hub for up-and-coming talent...

15 Years Later: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Thu 14 Jul 2022

It’s a Harry Potter anniversary! We like to treat every day like a Harry Potter anniversary, but this one is not a drill. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is turning 15 years old - yep, let that one sink in...

Theatre Review: Who Killed "Agatha" Christie

Wed 13 Jul 2022

Who Killed "Agatha" Christie? is a question that was first asked in 1978, and the play has been successful ever since its West End debut 44 years ago. Now its playing at Nottingham Theatre Royal, and is certainly worth investigating...

Review: The Television Workshop's Sin Short Film Festival

Wed 13 Jul 2022

The Television Workshop – once home to the likes of Vicky McClure and Jack O'Connell – shone a spotlight on their next generation with a short film festival centred around the seven deadly sins. We stopped by Broadway Cinema to check it out...

Big City Book Review: Joya Goffney’s ‘Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry’

Wed 13 Jul 2022

Interested in getting your hands on four free books? Well you’re in luck, because Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature are giving just that away for their Big City Reads campaign. With stories ranging from loneliness to police injustice, and styles varying from prose to graphic novel, there’s something for every reader. Four young writers give us their run down of the books, beginning with Shakira Hamilton's take on Joya Goffney’s Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry...

Film Review: The Sea Beast

Wed 13 Jul 2022

Netflix has got its Dreamworks on with new animated feature The Sea Beast. Starring Karl Urban and Jared Harris, as well as newcomer Zaris-Angel Hator, this is a well-worn tale of man versus beast, hate versus love, prejudice versus compassion and forgiveness...

Food Review: Prickly Pear at The Golden Fleece

Sat 09 Jul 2022

Fancy some top vegan grub in a top Notts pub? Look no further...

Review: Forbidden Forest 2022

Thu 07 Jul 2022

Well established electronic music event Forbidden Forest took place at new local Nottinghamshire location Belvoir Castle last weekend, and we sent down one of our music writers Michael O'Donohoe down to check it out...

35 Years Later: Wings of Desire

Tue 05 Jul 2022

This year marks the 35th anniversary of Wim Wenders’ cultured, epic but intrinsically human film: Wings of Desire. The anniversary is marked with a new 4K restoration, screening at cinemas around the world...

40 Years Later: Blade Runner

Mon 04 Jul 2022

You might have heard of this one... After bombing at the box office, Blade Runner has become one of the most famous films of all time - but is it worthy of its iconic status?

Exhibition Review: Catching Matter at Beam Gallery

Mon 04 Jul 2022

A series of lime plaster boards with interwoven patterns and inky shapes have the appearance of stone tablets with galaxies and constellations on them. They are the product of experiments from the past several years with traditional craft techniques and natural materials in a meditation on the meaning of material and form. This is artist Geoff Diego Litherland’s latest series of work Catching Matter, which is now presented at Beam Gallery

Film Review: Elvis

Wed 29 Jun 2022

Baz Luhrmann’s biopic is a whirlwind of glitter and extravagance, writes George Dunbar…

Film Review: Everything Went Fine

Tue 28 Jun 2022

This French drama is a deeply-moving exploration of the complications of assisted dying, writes Lewis Keech…

Film Review: Il Buco

Tue 28 Jun 2022

Italian director Michelangelo Frammartino returns with another contemplative feature on the passage of time…

40 Years Later: The Thing

Fri 24 Jun 2022

John Carpenter's masterpiece remains one of the greatest horrors of all time, despite its dated visuals...

Food Review: Prickly Pear

Fri 24 Jun 2022

Lizzy O'Riordan headed down to the Mansfield Road meat-free eatery to find out what all the fuss is about...

Film Review: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Wed 22 Jun 2022

An unabashed, laugh-out-loud voyage into the realms of sexual liberation and self-acceptance - this is a film built to shatter repressed, awkward Britain...

Film Review: Spiderhead

Tue 21 Jun 2022

Based on the 2015 short story by George Saunders, the Netflix film Spiderhead is a pillow-fisted disappointment...

We Took a Trip to 200 Degrees’ New Milton Street Store - Here’s What We Thought

Mon 20 Jun 2022

200 Degrees is one of Nottingham's most successful businesses - rapidly becoming big players in the coffee scene. We took a trip to their new store opposite Victoria Centre to see what all the fuss is about...

Theatre Review: Derren Brown

Wed 15 Jun 2022

The multi-award winning master of mind control and illusion, Derren Brown is back in Nottingham with Showman, his first new live show for six years…