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20 Years Later: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Tue 16 Nov 2021

It’s the twentieth anniversary of the day that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first graced our screens (yes, we all feel old), so let’s take a look back at how it all began...

Film Review: Red Notice

Mon 15 Nov 2021

Red Notice is Netflix's most expensive film so far, but is it its best? Nah...

Exhibition Review: Be Loved at Primary

Sun 14 Nov 2021

Be Loved allows a playful and personal glance into Carmen Argote’s digestion of a space, in dialogue with each environment she inhabits. Developed through a residency at Primary, and including pieces previously crafted in Los Angeles, this exhibition encompasses works on paper, video, and sculpture. We take a look at the expansive new project...

Film Review: The Card Counter

Fri 12 Nov 2021

God’s lonely man returns yet again in Paul Schrader’s psychological thriller...

Gig Review: Holly Humberstone at Rescue Rooms

Fri 12 Nov 2021

Grantham-raised singer songwriter Holly Humberstone ascended to the stage of Rescue Rooms completely solo for her long-awaited headline tour, providing an evening of honest, warm and tender songs…

Exhibition Review: Breaking the Mould at Djanogly Gallery

Fri 12 Nov 2021

Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945 makes its way to Djanogly Gallery, surveying foundational works by artists including Barbara Hepworth, Sarah Lucas, and Mona Hatoum, defiantly attempting to reclaim the place women hold in art history...

Exhibition Review: The Joy of Sculpture at Bonington Gallery

Thu 11 Nov 2021

Few twentieth century artists have impacted the cultural zeitgeist like Andrew Logan has, leaving a lasting impact on filmmakers like Derek Jarman and cultural icons such as Malcolm Mclaren and Vivienne Westwood. Now, the artist is the focus of The Joy of Sculpture at Bonington Gallery, displaying jewellery, sculptures, and portraiture taken from Logan’s fifty year career…

Theatre Review: The Addams Family

Wed 10 Nov 2021

They’re creepy and they’re kooky

Film Review: Eternals

Mon 08 Nov 2021

Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao’s Marvel debut is a progressive yet overly ambitious standalone epic...

Gig Review: Chloe Rodgers at The Bodega

Mon 08 Nov 2021

Bonfire night marked a terrific milestone for Nottingham based singer-songwriter Chloe Rodgers as she headlined the highly anticipated stage at The Bodega, a platform which has catapulted countless emerging musicians’ careers to the next level...

Film Review: The Harder They Fall

Fri 05 Nov 2021

Netflix’s ensemble Western is an unfocused and bloated revenge story...

Theatre Review: A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story

Thu 04 Nov 2021

After a year of covid-related delays Mark Gatiss' adaptation of Charles Dickens' seasonal classic is finally here...

Gig Review: London Grammar at Motorpoint Arena

Wed 03 Nov 2021

After setting up at the University of Nottingham back in 2009, London Grammar returned to the city for their first arena gig...

Film Review: Last Night in Soho

Tue 02 Nov 2021

With Last Night in Soho, Edgar Wright takes his first full swing at the horror genre. How did it go? Well...

LeftLion Magazine #141

Mon 01 Nov 2021

Our Deadly Sins themed issue features Nottingham's reality TV stars (Pride), the true story of the Mansfield landscape murderers (Greed), reclaiming Lust as a positive think (Lust), Luisa's Vegan Chocolate (Gluttony), and slow living with Martin Somerville (Sloth). Plus Nadia Whittome on corporate greed, Pick Six with Satan himself, An Exorcist in Notts, the story of Saddam Hussein's former personal physician Ala Bashir, Deconstruction podcast Nomad, Rich Bell, Hockley Brew Co., Words for Wellbeing, Blue Barrel Cider, The Loft Movie Theatre, Chloe Rodgers, The Joy of Sculpture, The Oral History Project and loads more...

Film Review: Dune

Thu 28 Oct 2021

Denis Villeneuve continues his sci-fi crusade by turning Frank Herbert’s seminal work into a deluxe blockbuster...

Gig Review: BEKA at Rough Trade

Thu 28 Oct 2021

Nottingham born Singer-Songwriter BEKA took to the stage at Rough Trade for her first headline tour amidst a series of incredibly successful releases to provide audiences with a night of eighties nostalgia and emotive pop…

Film Review: Dear Evan Hansen

Wed 27 Oct 2021

The latest Broadway hit to be adapted for the big screen is an unintentional disturbia flick we didn’t know we wanted this Halloween...

Theatre Review: 9 to 5 the Musical

Wed 27 Oct 2021

Three underpaid, overworked and under appreciated women fight back

Review: Grey Crawford: Chroma 1978-1985 at Beam Gallery

Tue 26 Oct 2021

Grey Crawford went under the radar for years, unnoticed amongst his contemporaries and rarely discussed in conversations of conceptual photography. Beam Editions, a gallery based in the halls of Primary, seeks to bring attention to the artist with a survey of works completed between 1978-1985...