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Film Review: Fire of Love
Mon 01 Aug 2022Sara Dosa returns with another powerful documentary - this time telling the true story of two scientists who died doing what they loved, while they were in love...
Broadway Cinema Announces Three Special Seasons This Summer
Thu 28 Jul 2022This summer, three new seasons will be arriving at Broadway Cinema, so whether you want to relish in the nostalgic animation of Aardman, check out the best recent hit films for a discounted price, or give yourself a fright with the Nottingham Horror Collective, there’s something for everyone on the silver screen in August...
Review: Splendour Festival 2022
Wed 27 Jul 2022With everyone from Craig David to Supergrass taking to the stage, Splendour Festival returned with a bang - bringing two days of proper top tunes to Wollaton Park. Here's what we thought...
Film Review: My Old School
Tue 26 Jul 2022In an age where thrill-a-minute scandal content is available everywhere, this heartfelt and authentic doc stands out…
TV Review: Ms. Marvel
Mon 25 Jul 2022Ms. Marvel restores faith in the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe…
15 Years Later: The Simpsons Movie
Mon 25 Jul 2022Ever heard of The Simpsons? We thought so. Yet did you know they did a movie in 2007? Yeah, we thought that too. But if you want to reminisce on simpler times anyway, here's a look back at the film's release a decade-and-a-half later...
Food Review: Little Bricks
Sun 24 Jul 2022Little Bricks is making a big impression in Nottingham - and on the LeftLion office...
Film Review: Where the Crawdads Sing
Wed 20 Jul 2022The book has sold millions of copies, but is the film adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing worthy of attracting millions of audience members? Maybe not, but it gives it a good old go nonetheless...
Theatre Review: Waitress at Royal Concert Hall
Tue 19 Jul 2022It’s difficult not to think of the obvious comparison – this musical is as sweet as the copious amounts of sugar that sprinkle the stage by the final bow...
Big City Book Review: Lize Meddings' 'The Sad Ghost Club'
Tue 19 Jul 2022Interested in getting your hands on four free books? Well you’re in luck, because Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature are offering just that through 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, continuing with Chloë Choong's thoughts on The Sad Ghost Club...
Film Review: Faya Dayi
Mon 18 Jul 2022This Ethiopian documentary is one of the most beautiful films of the year so far…
Film Review: Thor: Love and Thunder
Thu 14 Jul 2022Taika 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 2022This 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 2022It’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 2022Who 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 2022The 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 2022Interested 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 2022Netflix 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 2022Fancy some top vegan grub in a top Notts pub? Look no further...
Review: Forbidden Forest 2022
Thu 07 Jul 2022Well 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 2022This 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 2022You 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 2022A 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
We Dive Into Nottingham Forest’s History-Making Season, Which Saw Them Return to the Premier League for the First Time in 8,414 Days
Sat 02 Jul 2022A kebab shop with a firework-fuelled marketing masterstroke. Depeche Mode blaring from passing cars. Our right-back’s mother carried shoulder high in her Calippo-fluorescent replica shirt rhyming ‘shite’ with ‘dynamite’. Red smoke. Handwritten plans taped to a water bottle wrapped in a towel. Que sera, sera…
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